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C.W. Gortner

C.W. Gortner
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C.W. Gortner | 1970s Paris. Fashion. Gay love.
April 4, 2025

C. W. Gortner is the author of the acclaimed historical novels The Last Queen and The Confessions of Catherine de Medici. He holds an MFA in writing with an emphasis on Renaissance studies from the New College of California. In his extensive travels to research his books, he has danced a galliard in a Tudor great hall and experienced life in a Spanish castle. He is also a dedicated advocate for animal rights and environmental issues. Half Spanish by birth, he lives in Northern California.

He died in 2025.


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Series

Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles

Books:

The Saint Laurent Muse, March 2025
Paperback / e-Book
The American Adventuress, May 2022
Paperback / e-Book
The Bait, January 2022
To Catch A Leopard #2
e-Book
The First Actress, June 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
The Romanov Empress, July 2019
Trade Size
The Romanov Empress, July 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Marlene, June 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
The Vatican Princess, February 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Mademoiselle Chanel, March 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Tudor Vendetta, November 2014
Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles 3
Paperback / e-Book
The Tudor Conspiracy, July 2013

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The Queen's Vow, June 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
The Confessions Of Catherine De Medici, June 2011
Paperback
The Tudor Secret, February 2011
Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles #1
Paperback / e-Book
The Last Queen, May 2009
Paperback

 

 

 

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