Anne and Charles: Passion and Politics in Late Medieval France AUTH-9041621 Ray doesn’t know who he

Ray doesn’t know who he can trust—or whether he will ever see his beloved violin again

draw confidence from previous experiences

longtime educators and best-selling authors Dominique Smith

and enemies soon become allies

It just doesn’t add up

Anne and Charles: Passion and Politics in Late Medieval France AUTH-9041621 Ray doesn’t know who heWhen Anne of Brittany's father dies in 1488, the eleven year old beauty becomes Duchess of Brittany, her country's ruler. For the next three years, the orphaned, unmarried young duchess is relentlessly pursued by suitors while Brittany is invaded by France, its larger, more powerful neighbor. With no other way out, at age fourteen she agrees to marry King Charles VIII of France, in order to save her country. Better to be a queen than a prisoner