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A brilliant and beautifully written deep dive into the complicated relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, two of the most powerful women in Renaissance Europe who shaped each other as profoundly as they shaped the course of history.
Sixteenth-century Europe was a hostile world dominated by court politics and patriarchal structures, and yet against all odds, two women rose to power: Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici. One a young Virgin Queen who ruled her kingdom alone, and the other a more experienced and clandestine leader who used her children to shape the dynasties of Europe, much has been written about these shrewd and strategic sovereigns. But though their individual legacies have been heavily scrutinized, nothing has been said of their complicated relationshipthirty years of camaraderie, competition, and conflict that forever changed the face of Europe.
In Blood, Fire, and Gold, historian Estelle Paranque offers a new way of looking at two of historys most powerful women: through the eyes of the other. Drawing on their private correspondence and brand-new research, Paranque shows how Elizabeth and Catherine navigated through uncharted waters that both united and divided their kingdoms, maneuvering between opposing political, religious, and social objectivesall while maintaining unprecedented power over their respective domains. Though different in myriad ways, their fates and lives remained intertwined of the course of three decades, even as the European geo-politics repeatedly set them against one another. Whether engaged in bloody battles or peaceful accords, Elizabeth and Catherine admired the force and resilience of the other, while never forgetting that they were, first and foremost, each others true rival.
This is a story of two remarkable visionaries: a story of blood, fire, and gold. It is also a tale of ceaseless calculation, of love and rivalry, of war and wisdom, andabove all elseof the courage and sacrifice it takes to secure and sustain power as a woman in a male-dominated world.
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Portrait of Lorenzo II de Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492-1519), circa 1518. Private Collection. Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images. 
Francis I, King of France, circa 1520-1525 by an unknown artist. Francis (1494-1547) ruled France from 1515 and is regarded as Frances first Renaissance monarch. Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images. 
A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (1500-1536) by an unknown artist on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images. 
Mary of Guise (1515-1560), 1537. Found in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images. 
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), 1559, by Jean Clouet. Photo by Imagno/Getty Images. 
Catherine de Medici (1519-1589), Queen of Henry II of France. Undated lithograph. Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images. 
Undated portrait of King Henry II of France, found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images. 
Diane de Poitiers, the favourite of King Henry II. Portrait by an unknown artist, in the castle of Anet. Photo by Franck Crusiaux/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. 
Ambroise Pare is shown treating a wounded soldier in a tent. Undated gravure after a painting by Ed Haman.
This photograph taken on 16 July 2017 shows an aerial view of Chateau Chenonceaux on the River Cher, some 30km east of Tours. Built in 1513 by Katherine Briconnet, it was enriched by Diane de Poitiers and enlarged under Catherine de Medici. It became a place of meditation for the white queen Louise of Lorraine, then it was saved by Louise Dupin during the French Revolution and finally, transformed again by Madame Pelouze. Thus it is nicknamed the castle of the Ladies. Photo by Guillaume Souvant/AFP via Getty Images. 
Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, 1583. Painting by Quinten Metsys II. Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Buonsignori Palace. Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images. 
Jeanne dAlbret, Queen of Navarre (1528-1572), circa 1570 by Franois Cloue. Found in the Collection of the Muse Cond, Chantilly. Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images 
Double portrait of Henri III King of Navarre, the future King Henry IV of France (1553-1610), and Margaret of France (Marguerite de Valois) (1553-1615), known as the Queen Margot. Miniature from the Book of Hours of Catherine de Medici, 16th century. BN, Paris, France. Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images. 
St Bartholomews Day Massacre, by Franois Dubois. Dubois (1529-1584) was a French Huguenot painter. His only surviving work is the best known depiction of the Saint Bartholomews Day massacre of 1572. Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images 
Portrait of Henry III of France on horseback. Painting by a French school. Chantilly, Chteau, Muse Cond. Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images. 
Elizabeth Is signature, circa 1560. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. 
Michel de Castelnau (1517-1592), seigneur de La Mauvissire, 1731. Private Collection. Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images. 
Portrait of Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550-1588), by an unknown artist, circa 1585. Found in the collection of Muse Carnavalet, Paris. Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images. 
Portrait of Catherine de Medici by an unknown artist, found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images. 
Procession Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, circa 1600-1603 by an unknown artist. Found in the collection of Sherborne Castle, Dorset. Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images. EBURY
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ISBN: 978-1-473-58929-2
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