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Catherine de Medici: a Biography.(Book Review)
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Catherine de Medici A Biography
Leonie Frieda
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 440pp 20 [pounds sterling] ISBN 1 84212 725 X
RELIGIOUS FANATICISM IS ALL THE RAGE TODAY. Donald Rumsfeld's 'old Europe' is reawakening to the power of religious belief for good or ill. So it is perhaps appropriate that in Leonie Frieda's new biography of Catherine de' Medici, we have an opportunity to recall a time of destructive religious fanaticism, violence and cruelty--not in some distant foreign field (or desert), but at the heart of sixteenth-century Europe.
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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SECRET PALACE PLANS SCANDAL; Exclusive MAJOR SECURITY BREACH AS HOLYROOD BLUEPRINTS FOUND ON CANAL FOOTPATH.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...after detailed plans of Holyrood palace were found near a footpath...climbed a wall at Buckingham Palace and mounted a ledge during...ROYAL SECURITY ALERT: Holyrood palace; TOP SECRET: The area around Holyrood Palace covered by the plans...
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Security alert over intruder inside Palace at Holyrood
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...MASSIVE security sweep of the Palace of Holyroodhouse was ordered...the Queen is due to stay at Holyrood during a visit to officially...building in the capital. "Holyrood has become a very high-profile...that the security officials at Holyrood Palace and the parliament are...
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Wit's End: A trip to Holyrood Palace or Homebase. Which would you prefer?
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; I HAVE been to the palace, but I did not see the Queen...palace under advisement was Holyrood in Edinburgh, where Her Majitude...that she could opt either for Holyrood Palace or Homebase. She opted...wildlife. But I digress. At Holyrood, we passed though a series...
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Car skids on ice and smashes into Holyrood Palace fence
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...through a metal fence at the Palace of Holyroodhouse this morning...through the railings next to the palace bath house. Officers arrested...found crashed into the wall at Holyrood Palace, and enquiries are...other accidents around the Holyrood Park side of the palace...
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Queen to open 3m pounds Holyrood Palace gallery
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...million pounds art gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse next month...s Gallery in the historic palace on November 29 will see the...Gordon's School and former Holyrood Free Church in Abbey Strand...visitor figures there. The Holyrood buildings had previously been...
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pounds 2.17 an hour? They're short-changing the guard at Holyrood palace.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...senior royals and the priceless Palace of Holyroodhouse. He or she...month. Yesterday, Buckingham Palace confirmed the salary for the...up since September 11. The palace is guarded permanently by 16...paintings in Britain. The old Holyrood Free Church and Duchess of...
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The Queen is not amused ... why do drivers keep on crashing into Holyrood Palace gates?
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...crashed into the gates of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the eighth...with tourists looking into the palace grounds. Police confirmed...south entrance gates to the palace. They also said widening the...Scotland, and the adjoining Holyrood Park belongs to the Crown...
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NO NEED FOR A QUEEN OF SCOTS TODAY; FAIRY TALE: PALACE DENIES PRINCESS ANNE WILL BE OUR HOLYROOD `REGENT'.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; EVER so softly, softly palace advisers have been floating the suggestion...regent in Scotland, holding court at Holyrood Palace and meeting the foreign leaders who...will not be moving from St James' Palace to Scotland to act as some form of...
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The Holyrood Inquiry: Palace mooted as home for MSPs
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; Palace one of 20 early options Haymarket...decision was made to go to the Holyrood former brewery site next door...documents revealed at the Holyrood Inquiry showed the palace...Council, also included the Holyrood brewery site. But the original...
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WOULD YOU MIND MOVING , MA'AM?; HOLYROOD INQUIRY Palace parly plan.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...By MAGNUS GARDHAM A ROYAL palace was on the list of possible...heavily weighted in favour of Holyrood. A press release announcing...But privately ministers knew Holyrood was the more expensive option...after making millions from the Holyrood ``gravy train'', said...
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