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The Confessions Of Catherine De Medici
C.W. Gortner
The ambitious, gripping tale of one of history?s most notorious and misunderstood queens . . .
June 2011
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Featuring: Henri; Catherine de Medici; Coligny
432 pages
ISBN: 034550187X
EAN: 9780345501875
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Historical
The truth is, none of us are innocent. We all have sins to
confess. So reveals Catherine de Medici in this brilliantly imagined
novel about one of history’s most powerful and controversial
women. To some she was the ruthless queen who led France
into an era of savage violence. To others she was the
passionate savior of the French monarchy. Acclaimed author
C. W. Gortner brings Catherine to life in her own voice,
allowing us to enter into the intimate world of a woman
whose determination to protect her family’s throne and realm
plunged her into a lethal struggle for power. The last legitimate descendant of the illustrious Medici
line, Catherine suffers the expulsion of her family from her
native Florence and narrowly escapes death at the hands of
an enraged mob. While still a teenager, she is betrothed to
Henri, son of François I of France, and sent from Italy to
an unfamiliar realm where she is overshadowed and humiliated
by her husband’s lifelong mistress. Ever resilient,
Catherine strives to create a role for herself through her
patronage of the famous clairvoyant Nostradamus and her own
innate gift as a seer. But in her fortieth year, Catherine
is widowed, left alone with six young children as regent of
a kingdom torn apart by religious discord and the ambitions
of a treacherous nobility. Relying on her tenacity, wit, and uncanny gift for
compromise, Catherine seizes power, intent on securing the
throne for her sons. She allies herself with the enigmatic
Protestant leader Coligny, with whom she shares an intimate
secret, and implacably carves a path toward peace, unaware
that her own dark fate looms before her—a fate that, if she
is to save France, will demand the sacrifice of her ideals,
her reputation, and the passion of her embattled heart. From the fairy-tale châteaux of the Loire Valley to the
battlefields of the wars of religion to the mob-filled
streets of Paris, The Confessions of Catherine de
Medici is
the extraordinary untold journey of one of the most maligned
and misunderstood women ever to be queen.
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Re: The Confessions Of Catherine De Medici
I always been fascinated by Catherine de Medici,and I'm really looking forward to reading this book.
(J Harper 3:51pm July 31, 2011)
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