![]() From an eight year old murderess to the Queen Mother of misbegotten kings, this fictional description of Catherine's life has inspired me to read more about this historical character." Just the right amount of a supernatural element coupled with historical facts, and deep emotions to keep the reader interested from beginning to end. The writer does a great job of inspiring sympathy for a woman infamous for her evil deeds. Against the lavish and decadent backdrop of the French court, and Catherine's visions induced by the black arts, Kalogoris reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband Henry, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne. Overshadowed by her husband's mistress, the conniving Diane de Poitiers, and now consort to a King, Catherine resorted to sorcery to win his love, enhance her fertility and foil her enemies. Left a fabulously rich heiress, imprisoned and threatened by her family's enemies, she was finally married off to a handsome prince of France. In her latest historical fiction bestseller, Jeanne Kalogridis tells the story of Catherine, a tender young girl, destined to be a pawn in Machiavellian games. What motivated this Renaissance woman who was born of Florence's most powerful family, and one day came to rule France? ![]() ![]() Bartholomew's Day Massacre in which hundreds of innocents died. Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history: blamed for the St. ![]()
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