Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 97 Pardoe, Miss (Julia) 1862 Pardoe, Julia Pardoe, J. S. H. (Julia S. H.) The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 2 Reading ease score: 42.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Updated: 2022-12-02. "The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent" by Julia Pardoe is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This multi-volume work delves into the life and reign of Marie de Medicis, focusing on her ascent to queenship and her tumultuous role as regent following the assassination of her husband, King Henri IV of France. The book paints a vivid picture of the political intrigue, court spectacles, and the challenges she faced in a male-dominated monarchy. At the start of the second volume, the narrative reveals the grand preparations for Marie de Medicis' coronation and the subsequent chaos that envelops the court following King Henri IV's assassination. The ceremony is detailed in elaborate fashion, highlighting both the grandeur of the event and the personal rivalries among the nobility. As Marie transitions from queen consort to regent, her initial composure is juxtaposed with the emotional turmoil of widowhood. The events surrounding the king's death are recounted, detailing her immediate attempts to consolidate power and deal with the unrest among the nobility, setting the stage for the political complexities to come in her regency. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642 DC Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Royalty 892235 888077 2024-10-05T10:18:48.469536 2023-10-05T09:53:56.122674 text/html text/html 893520 2022-12-02T15:30:29 text/html 1163299 2024-10-05T10:19:04.273417 application/epub+zip 1174235 2024-10-05T10:18:53.827508 application/epub+zip 398238 2024-10-05T10:18:51.779565 application/epub+zip 1630388 2024-10-05T10:19:12.005411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1539875 2024-10-05T10:19:02.502441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533510 2022-09-06T03:59:22.896320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 765331 765359 2024-10-05T10:18:46.465529 2023-10-05T09:53:54.388668 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 764784 2022-12-02T15:32:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19592 2024-10-05T10:19:12.161374 application/rdf+xml 26563 2024-10-05T10:18:52.401509 image/jpeg 4907 2024-10-05T10:18:52.092500 image/jpeg 276085 2022-12-02T15:33:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 1005155 2022-12-02T15:33:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 1122366 2024-10-05T10:18:48.566506 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia