Packed with action and effortless to read, Goldstone's account will satisfy scholars and entertain book clubs with a heroine who had persistence and unbounded dedication to her realm. Goldstone effectively proves Joanna's innate leadership through the queen's mastery of complex legal arguments and her formidable resilience through four husbands and relentless challenges to her royal status. Joanna repeatedly suffered violently jealous consorts, intrusive popes and envious relatives. Although primarily set in pre-Renaissance Naples, familiar contemporaries such as England's Black Prince and St. and Her Daughters DAUGHTERS OF THE WINTER QUEEN: Four Remarkable Sisters. Adding to the fray was Joanna's military support for “anti-pope” Clement VII against Pope Urban VI, ultimately helping create the Great Schism. The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily Nancy Goldstone. By: Nancy Goldstone The Dark Queens By: Shelley Puhak Publishers Summary Politically astute, ambitious, and beautiful, Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily, was one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Nancy Goldstone The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily Paperback Septemby Nancy Goldstone (Author) 240 ratings Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 20.90 50 Used from 1.59 10 New from 16.57 4 Collectible from 7. Nancy Goldstone is the author of seven books, including IN THE SHADOW OF THE. On 15 March 1348, Joanna I, Queen of Naples, stood trial for her life before the pope and his court in Avignon. ) expertly describes bloodthirsty 14th-century politics and the complex family entanglements that encouraged siblings and cousins to clash over kingdoms like toddlers brawling over toys. by Nancy Goldstone ( 262 ) 13.99 The exceptionally dramatic and previously unchronicled life of the medieval queen Joanna I. Resilient Queen Joanna of Naples (1326–1382) weathered overwhelming political challenges, financial ruin and a papal-run murder trial for the death of her Hungarian husband-all by age 22.

The lady queen by nancy goldstone