{"product_id":"young-queens-three-renaissance-women-and-the-price-of-power","title":"Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power","description":"Finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Biography)\nOne of the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023\nOne of BookRiot's Best Biographies of 2023\nLonglisted for the 2024 Women's Prize in Nonfiction\n\nThe boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots―three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.\n\nOrphaned from infancy, Catherine de’ Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power behind the French throne during a period of intense civil strife. In 1546, Catherine gave birth to a daughter, Elisabeth de Valois, who would become Queen of Spain. Two years later, Catherine welcomed to her nursery the beguiling young Mary Queen of Scots, who would later become her daughter-in-law.\n\nTogether, Catherine, Elisabeth, and Mary lived through the sea changes that transformed sixteenth-century Europe, a time of expanding empires, religious discord, and populist revolt, as concepts of nationhood began to emerge and ideas of sovereignty inched closer to absolutism. They would learn that to rule as a queen was to wage a constant war against the deeply entrenched misogyny of their time.\n\nFollowing the intertwined stories of the three women from girlhood through young adulthood, Leah Redmond Chang's Young Queens paints a picture of a world in which a woman could wield power at the highest level yet remain at the mercy of the state, her body serving as the currency of empire and dynasty, sacrificed to the will of husband, family, kingdom.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374294488\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0374294488.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Chang, Leah Redmond\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41721347145786,"sku":"DBV.0374294488.A","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0374294488-0.jpg?v=1791167478","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/young-queens-three-renaissance-women-and-the-price-of-power","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}