Sixteenth-century Europe: Renaissance masters paint the ceilings of Florentine churches, kings battle for control of the Continent, and the Reformation forever changes the religious organisation of society. Amidst it all, three young women come of age and into power in an era of empires and revolutions. Catherine de' Medici's story begins in a convent stormed by soldiers intent...(展开全部)

[美]南希·戈德斯通 畅销书女作家，毕业于康奈尔大学、哥伦比亚大学历史系。她的写作专注于中世纪和近代早期欧洲历史与王室传奇。 已有多部畅销著作出版：《玛戈王后与波旁王朝的崛起》、《四王后：左右欧洲的普罗旺斯姐妹》、《淑女王后：那不勒斯、耶路撒冷西西里女王乔安娜一世的荒淫统治》、《女仆与王后：圣女贞德秘史》、《修道士与密码：罗哲尔·培根与世界最神秘的手稿》。

[美]南希·戈德斯通 畅销书女作家，毕业于康奈尔大学、哥伦比亚大学历史系。她的写作专注于中世纪和近代早期欧洲历史与王室传奇。 已有多部畅销著作出版：《玛戈王后与波旁王朝的崛起》、《四王后：左右欧洲的普罗旺斯姐妹》、《淑女王后：那不勒斯、耶路撒冷西西里女王乔安娜一世的荒淫统治》、《女仆与王后：圣女贞德秘史》、《修道士与密码：罗哲尔·培根与世界最神秘的手稿》。

An expert historian on Mary, Queen of Scots draws on hundreds of her encrypted letters to paint a vivid portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures. For almost two decades before her execution at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was a prisoner. From her chambers, she wrote countless letters, many encrypted using complex ciphers to prevent her communica...(展开全部)

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It began with a girl named Mary. She liked to daydream and imagine. And she grew up to write Frankenstein. The inspirational true story of the great writer Mary Shelley, brought to life for children in this stunning picture book by multi-award winning author Linda Bailey and with beautiful illustrations from Júlia Sardà.

1561年，苏格兰还是个未开化的国家。当年轻的苏格兰女王从法国回到苏格兰时，起初，她的人民非常高兴见到她。她的丈夫——法国国王死了，现在，她需要一个新的丈夫。可是玛丽，这位苏格兰女王是个天主教徒，而当时大多数的苏格兰人都是新教徒。当时的英格兰女王一伊丽莎白一世也是位新教徒。在那个年代，人们都乐于为他们自己的教会而战，并不惜献出生命。 年轻的玛丽女王该嫁给谁呢？谁是她的朋友，谁是她的敌人？玛丽既美丽又聪明，她热爱生活，喜欢冒险，也热爱人民。或许，她爱的人太多了。人们说她“又狂又坏，认识她是危险的”。但那是真的吗？ 1587年，玛丽坐在英格兰的福瑟临黑城堡里，疲惫又忧伤。现在她是伊丽莎白女王的囚徒，不久将被送上断头台。她拿起笔开始给她的儿子詹姆斯——现在的苏格兰国王写信。这就是她一生的故事……

Codes have decided the fates of empires, countries, and monarchies throughout recorded history. Mary, Queen of Scots was put to death by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, for the high crime of treason after spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham cracked the secret code she used to communicate with her conspirators. And thus the course of British history was altered by a few sheets of cryp...(展开全部)

When the magnificent volume first appeared in 1966, it was celebrated for its extraordinary beauty. Now, more than thirty years since its first publication, it is made available once again. Illustrating one of the great art treasures of the world, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is a fiteenth century illuminated manuscript containing a series of some of the most beautiful illu...(展开全部)

One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the "Belles Heures" (1405-1408/9) is the only manuscript executed in its entirety by the famed Limbourg brothers. Commissioned by its magisterial patron, Jean de France, duc de Berry, this richly illuminated "Book of Hours", intended for private devotion and now housed in The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum, ...(展开全部)