Full name: Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France

Author: Leonie Frieda Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060744939 0060744936

Poisoner, despot, necromancer -- the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned queen to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds -- from a troubled childhood in Florence to her marriage to Henry, son of King Francis I of France; from her transformation of French culture to her fight to protect her throne and her sons' birthright. Based on thousands of private letters, it is a remarkable account of one of the most influential women ever to wear a crown. Similar books: The Deadly Sisterhood by Leonie Frieda Athenais by Lisa Hilton The Reign Of Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Asprey Madame de Pompadour by Evelyne Lever Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser The Rival Queens by Nancy Goldstone Marie Antoinette by Evelyne Lever Love and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser The Sun King by Nancy Mitford The Black Count by Tom Reiss Ambition and Desire by Kate Williams Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford To the Scaffold by Carolly Erickson Madame du Barry by Joan Haslip The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Asprey Josephine by Carolly Erickson The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Zeitoun by Dave Eggers