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The lady queen : the notorious reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily / Nancy Goldstone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldstone, Nancy, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Joanna I, Queen of Naples, -1382.
- Joanna.
- Naples (Kingdom)--History--Joanna I, 1343-1382.
- Naples (Kingdom).
- History.
- Queens--Italy--Naples (Kingdom)--Biography.
- Queens.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker, 2009.
- Summary:
- The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial--and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages. As courageous as Eleanor of Aquitaine, as astute and determined as Elizabeth I of England, Joanna, Queen of Naples, was the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name.
- Contents:
- The trial
- The kingdom of Naples
- The court of Robert the Wise
- The kingdom of Hungary
- A royal apprenticeship
- The foolish legacy of Robert the Wise
- Papal politics
- Nest of vipers
- Under siege
- The world at war
- The scales of justice
- The return of the queen
- Foreign and domestic relations
- Queen of Sicily
- The queen and her court
- The quest for an heir
- Queen and pope
- Six funerals and a wedding
- The great schism
- The fall of the queen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780802716705
- 0802716709
- OCLC:
- 317928786
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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