Anne and Louis, Rozsa Gaston
Anne and Louis, Rozsa Gaston
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Anne and Louis
Passion and Politics in Early Renaissance France, Part II of the Anne of Brittany Series

Author: Rozsa Gaston

Narrator: Lucy Rayner

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/30/2019

Synopsis

Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is the love of King Louis XII of France's life. Too bad he's already married. While his annulment proceedings create Europe's most sensational scandal of 1498, Anne returns to Brittany to take back control of her duchy that her late husband, Charles VIII, King of France, had wrested from her.

At age twenty-one, Anne is sovereign ruler of Brittany as well as Europe's most wealthy widow. But can she maintain Brittany's independence from France if she accepts Louis's offer to make her Queen of France once more?

With Italian arrivals to the French court from Cesare Borgia to Niccolò Machiavelli, Anne and Louis's story unfolds as the feudal era gives way to the dawn of the Renaissance. Their love for each other tested by conflicting duties to their respective countries, the two rulers struggle to navigate a collision course that will reshape the map of sixteenth-century Europe.

Contains mature themes.

About Rozsa Gaston

Rozsa Gaston writes playful books on serious matters, including the struggles women face to get what they want out of life. In addition to Anne and Charles, she is the author of Sense of Touch: Love and Duty at Anne of Brittany's Court, Paris Adieu, Black is Not a Color, Budapest Romance, Running from Love, and Dog Sitters.

Gaston studied European history at Yale and received her master's degree in international affairs from Columbia.

Gaston has worked as a singer and pianist all over the world. After leaving the entertainment industry she worked at Institutional Investor, then as a hedge fund marketer. She lives in Bronxville, New York, with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on May 24, 2019

My Review of “Anne and Louis” “Anne and Louis,” written by Rozsa Gaston, plays out as an intelligent treatment of the lives of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany, with an emphasis on the latter. Anne had been betrothed a number of times, but her two actual marriages brought her to the throne of......more

Goodreads review by InD'tale Magazine on December 31, 2018

4.5/5.0 A gripping novel about a larger than life queen, “Anne and Louis” is a smartly written read filled with both passion and wit. Read full review in the 2018 holiday issue of InD'tale Magazine.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on July 17, 2022

Anne and Louis are almost background characters, with the focus shifting to other courtiers who didn't interest me. Also Anne becomes less likable in this book. Worse still, there are a lot of nasty comments about Louis's first wife being "grotesque" and "repulsive" because she was a hunchback. I fi......more

Goodreads review by ErinAlise on March 04, 2020

Anne of Brittany was made Duchess of Brittany in 1488 at the young age of 11. In an effort to protect her people she married the King of France Charles VIII and though her marriage was never ideal, what with Charles being a know womanizer and Anne being in love another-she eventually came to love he......more

Goodreads review by Diane on July 21, 2020

This book is the second in the Anne of Brittany series, covering the romance and marriage of larger-than-life Anne, Duchess of Brittany, and Louis Xll of France. 1498 in France and Brittany was a time where existence for the average person was hard, taxes were high, royals were not to be disobeyed o......more

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