Renee of France (Carr - Bitesize Biography)

Author: Simonetta Carr

File under: Renee

ISBN: 9780852349090

Binding: paperback

Section: Biography

Renée of France is little known today, but this fascinating and often controversial woman was a correspondent of Calvin. She loved the Reformation, but in sixteenth century Italy such a position could not be lightly held. Add in a husband (the Duke of Ferrara) who served the pope and was determined to oppose Renée, plus the complexity and intrigues of Italian society of the time, and you have all the ingredients for a gripping biography.