Title: The Court of Ladies - Volume 1 - The Black Regent - Franck Ferrand - book
Summary :
A king, Francis I, who thinks more about his loves and his hunts than about the future of France. A regent, Louise of Savoy, who firmly holds the reins and maneuvers behind the scenes against her son's Italian dream. A future queen, Marguerite, who loves her brother too much and would like to lead consciences... The cousin constable, Charles of Bourbon, who is rumored to be making a pact with the Empire of Charles V and the England of Henry VIII! Blois, Saint-Germain, Lyon, but also Milan, Madrid... Two brothers, young squires thrown into the great History and into an adventure that will turn their lives upside down. A king imprisoned. Children disappeared in strange circumstances. Others, of royal blood, taken hostage. Passionate love, betrayals, reversals, executions. A forbidden love. Another incestuous one. And Diane de Poitiers, whose enigmatic ascendancy will win the heart of a king... to establish the "Cour des Dames." The Black Regent is the first installment of The Court of Dames, a series devoted to the intrigues of the early Renaissance. An epic and sumptuous time when, under the reigns of Francis I and Henry II, the power of a few exceptional women was affirmed.
