In this effervescent and richly praised biography, Frieda reclaims the story of Catherine de Medici to reveal a skilled ruler battling against extraordinary odds.
Brilliantly executed, this enthralling biography goes beyond myth to paint a very human portrait of this remarkable figure..
Based on comprehensive research including thousands of Catherine\'s own letters, Frieda unfurls Catherine\'s story from her troubled childhood in Florence to her tumultuous marriage to Henry II of France; her transformation of French culture to her reign as a Queen who would use brutality to ensure her children\'s royal birthright.
In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned Queen of France to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds. --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Poisoner, besotted mother, despot, necromancer, engineer of a massacre: the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old.
This is The Godfather meets Elizabeth . . . .
Frieda has brought a largely forgotten heroine-villainess and a whole sumptuously vicious era back to life. . . .
The inspiration for the STARZ original series, The Serpent Queen , streaming now! A beautifully written portrait of a ruthless, subtle and fearless woman fighting for survival and power in a world of gangsterish brutality, routine assassination and religious mania.
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In this effervescent and richly praised biography, Frieda reclaims the story of Catherine de Medici to reveal a skilled ruler battling against extraordinary odds
