Francis the First
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He was the blossom of which
Louis XI was the root,
Louis XIV the ripeness,
Louis XVI the rottenness and
Napoleon the terrible resurrection.
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The thirty-three years of Francis's reign are forever linked with such celebrated names as those of Luther, Calvin, Rabelais, da Vinci and Cellini. It was the period when the Reformation cut across the French Renaissance. But the fascinating figure of Francis dominates the scene, and the man and the time have found in Francis Hackett their perfect biographer.
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