The Serpent And The Moon: Two Rivals For The Love Of A Renaissance King - Plot & Excerpts
As both the emperor and the king had ravaged his city, the duc de Savoie refused to open the gates. As a result, the king stayed in a château nearby and the emperor remained on his galleon near Villefranche. From May 15 to June 20, the pope shuttled between the two camps. Finally, a ten-year truce was agreed between the two eternal opponents. The emperor and the king met at Aigues-Mortes to confirm the pope’s treaty. Eight years had passed since Henri had left Spain, and not one day had diminished his hatred for his erstwhile captor. Henri watched as the monster of his childhood nightmares was rowed ashore from his galley. Charles V, a little man with a sharp profile and a heavily jutting jaw, stood awkwardly facing the tall, strikingly handsome king and his family. Queen Eleonore broke the ice by coming forward and embracing her brother. François smiled and embraced him, too. Then, treating the emperor as his honored guest, the king presented the dauphin and dauphine, his sister the queen of Navarre, and his son Charles d’Orléans.
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