Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre, credited to Agnes Mary Frances Robinson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre by Agnes Mary Frances Robinson. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre), (1492-1549), was the sister of Francis I, King of France. She was highly-educated and was courted by the future Henry VIII of England. However, at the age of seventeen, she was married by royal decree to the untutored dolt, Charles IV of Alençon. After his death she wed Henry II of Navarre by whom she had a daughter (the mother of the future Henry IV of France) and a son, who died in infancy. The author takes us with Margaret on her perilous journey over the Pyrenees to Spain to attempt to free her brother, Francis, held captive by the Holy Roman Emperor. Margaret's support for the first stirrings of the Reformation in France alarmed the Catholic conservatives of the Sorbonne. Her cycle of short stories, the "Heptameron," is still read and enjoyed today. (Pamela Nagami)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre
• Author credits: Agnes Mary Frances Robinson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 7:37:14

Catalogue topics

• renaissance
• francis i
• charles v
• margaret of navarre
• heptameron
• leonardo da vinci
• battle of pavia

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Preface — 5:38
2. 02 - Ch. 1: Childhood and Marriage (1491-1515) — 21:31
3. 03 - Ch. 2: The Young King and his Rivals (1515-1520) — 23:37
4. 04 - Ch. 3: The Affair of Meaux (1520-1523), Pt. 1 — 16:52
5. 05 - Ch. 3: The Affair of Meaux (1520-1523), Pt. 2 — 14:26
6. 06 - Ch. 4: Constable Bourbon (1521-1524) — 13:54
7. 07 - Ch. 5: Sequels (1524-1525) — 14:19
8. 08 - Ch. 6: The Captivity (1525), Pt. 1 — 21:31
9. 09 - Ch. 6: The Captivity (1525), Pt. 2 — 19:29
10. 10 - Ch. 7: Queen of Navarre (1525-1530) — 18:10
11. 11 - Ch. 8: Nérac in 1530 — 14:05
12. 12 - Ch. 9: The Sorbonne (1529-1535), Pt. 1 — 19:49
13. 13 - Ch. 9: The Sorbonne (1529-1535), Pt. 2 — 15:50
14. 14 - Ch. 10: Changes (1536-1538) — 29:18
15. 15 - Ch. 11: A False Step (1539-1540) — 19:37
16. 16 - Ch. 12: A League with Soliman (1541-1543) — 12:27
17. 17 - Ch. 13: The 'Heptameron.'--I. (1544), Pt. 1 — 24:28
18. 18 - Ch. 13: The 'Heptameron.'--I. (1544), Pt. 2 — 19:21
19. 19 - Ch. 14: The 'Heptameron.'--II. (1544), Pt. 1 — 20:52
20. 20 - Ch. 14: The 'Heptameron.'--II. (1544), Pt. 2 — 17:44
21. 21 - Ch. 15: Downfall (1544-1545) — 33:31
22. 22 - Ch. 16: Nérac in 1545 — 12:46
23. 23 - Ch. 17: Death of the King (1545-1547) — 17:51
24. 24 - Ch. 18: The End (1547-1549), Pt. 1 — 15:42

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