Francis I
The Maker of Modern France
Leonie Frieda
- Francis
- I
- (1494-1547)
- was
- inconstant,
- amorous,
- hot-headed
- and
- flawed.
- Arguably
- he
- was
- also
- the
- most
- significant
- king
- that
- France
- ever
- had.A
- contemporary
- of
- Henry
- VIII
- of
- England,
- Francis
- saw
- himself
- as
- the
- first
- Renaissance
- king.
- A
- courageous
- and
- heroic
- warrior,
- he
- was
- also
- a
- keen
- aesthete,
- an
- accomplished
- diplomat
- and
- an
- energetic
- ruler
- who
- turned
- his
- country
- into
- a
- force
- to
- be
- reckoned
- with.
- Bestselling
- historian
- Leonie
- Frieda's
- comprehensive
- and
- sympathetic
- account
- explores
- the
- life
- of
- the
- most
- human
- of
- all
- Renaissance
- monarchs
- -
- and
- the
- most enigmatic.
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