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Estelle Paranque

Biography

Estelle Paranque

Dr. Estelle Paranque is an Assistant Professor in History at NCH at Northeastern (London campus). She has been featured in several international historical television documentaries, including "The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family" and "Secrets d’Histoire," as well as the history podcasts like HistoryHit, Not Just the Tudors, and Talking Tudors. She is the author of ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND THROUGH VALOIS EYES and BLOOD, FIRE & GOLD: The Story of Elizabeth I & Catherine de Medici.

Estelle Paranque

Books by Estelle Paranque

by Estelle Paranque - History, Nonfiction

Sixteenth-century Europe was a hostile world dominated by court politics and patriarchal structures. Yet, against all odds, two women rose to power: Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici. One a young Virgin Queen who ruled her kingdom alone, and the other a more experienced and clandestine leader who used her children to shape the dynasties of Europe, much has been written about these shrewd and strategic sovereigns. But though their individual legacies have been heavily scrutinized, nothing has been said of their complicated relationship --- 30 years of camaraderie, competition and conflict that forever changed the face of Europe. In BLOOD, FIRE & GOLD, historian Estelle Paranque offers a new way of looking at two of history's most powerful women: through the eyes of the other.