Catherine De Medici

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  • ENGLISH

    Language
  • 568

    Pages
  • 9780753820391

    ISBN
  • 128 mm

    Width
  • 197 mm

    Height
  • 406 gram

    Weight
  • PAPERBACK

    Binding
  • 27-JAN-05

    Publish Date
  • 34 mm

    Spine Width

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    Orphaned in infancy, Catherine de Medici was the sole legitimate heiress to the Medici family fortune. Married at fourteen to the future Henri II of France, she was constantly humiliated by his influential mistress Diane de Poitiers. When her husband died as a result of a duelling accident in Paris, Catherine was made queen regent during the short reign of her eldest son (married to Mary Queen of Scots and like many of her children he died young). When her second son became king she was the power behind the throne. She nursed dynastic ambitions, but was continually drawn into...  Read More

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    Leonie Frieda

    Swedish by birth, but educated in Britain, Germany and France, Leonie Frieda speaks five languages. Her researches on Catherine de Medici has taken her to Paris, Florence and Rome, as well as the châteaux of the Loire. Her next book is a biography of the Great War soldier and letter-writer Edward Horner. She lives in London with her daughter Elisabeth and son Jake.

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