β Scribed by Balzac, Honore De
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Catherine de Medici, on the contrary, saved the crown of France; she maintained the royal authority in the midst of circumstances under which more than one great prince would have succumbed. Having to make head against factions and ambitions like those of the Guises and the house of Bourbon, against men such as the two Cardinals of Lorraine, the two Balafres, and the two Condes, against the queen Jeanne d'Albret, Henri IV., the Connetable de Montmorency, Calvin, the three Colignys, Theodore de Beze, she needed to possess and to display the rare qualities and precious gifts of a statesman under the mocking fire of the Calvinist press.
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BONUS: This edition contains a _The Confessions of Catherine de Medici_ discussion guide and an excerpt from C.W. Gortner's _The Queen's Vow._ _The truth is, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess._ So reveals Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of her familyβs il