Devils Queen : A Novel of Catherine de Medici

English

ISBN: 031262414X

EAN: 9780312624149

Category: Fiction / Historical/Fiction / Biographical/

Publisher: St. Martins Press

Release Date: 05/25/2010

Synopsis: Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomews Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici is brought to life by Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisaand The Borgia Bride. Born into one of Florences most powerful families, Catherine was soon left a fabulously rich orphan. Violent conflict tore apart the city state and she found herself imprisoned before finally being released and married off to the handsome Prince Henri of France. Overshadowed by her husbands mistress, the gorgeous, conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorted to the dark arts of sorcery to win Henris love and enhance her fertilityfor which she would pay a price. Against the lavish and decadent backdrop of the French court, and Catherines blood-soaked visions of the future, Kalogridis reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband, Henri, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne.

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Devils Queen : A Novel of Catherine de Medici

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.01 inches

Width: 5.53 inches

Length: 8.04 inches

Weight: 15.87 oz

Pages: 496