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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.
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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Review:
"Remarkably thoughtful in its insight into an unapologetically ruthless queen."--Publishers Weekly
"A fresh, well-researched and powerful portrait."--RT Book Reviews
Book Description:
"Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory fans will devour this."--"Booklist
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"Engrossing . . . a dramatic, epic novel of an all-too-human woman whose strength and passion propelled her into the center of grand events."--Sandra Gulland, author of the Josephine B. trilogy
"Highly recommended . . . a compelling and fascinating view of Catherine's life and world."--"Historical Novels Review
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"Remarkably thoughtful in its insight into an unapologetically ruthless queen."--"Publishers Weekly
"
"A fresh, well-researched and powerful portrait."--"RT Book Reviews"
Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory fans will devour this. "Booklist
"
Engrossing . . . a dramatic, epic novel of an all-too-human woman whose strength and passion propelled her into the center of grand events. Sandra Gulland, author of the Josephine B. trilogy
Highly recommended . . . a compelling and fascinating view of Catherine s life and world. "Historical Novels Review
"
Remarkably thoughtful in its insight into an unapologetically ruthless queen. "Publishers Weekly
"
A fresh, well-researched and powerful portrait. "RT Book Reviews""
Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory fans will devour this. Booklist
Engrossing . . . a dramatic, epic novel of an all-too-human woman whose strength and passion propelled her into the center of grand events. Sandra Gulland, author of the Josephine B. trilogy
Highly recommended . . . a compelling and fascinating view of Catherine s life and world. Historical Novels Review
Remarkably thoughtful in its insight into an unapologetically ruthless queen. Publishers Weekly
A fresh, well-researched and powerful portrait. RT Book Reviews
"Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory fans will devour this."--Booklist
"Engrossing . . . a dramatic, epic novel of an all-too-human woman whose strength and passion propelled her into the center of grand events."--Sandra Gulland, author of the Josephine B. trilogy
"Remarkably thoughtful in its insight into an unapologetically ruthless queen."--Publishers Weekly
"A fresh, well-researched and powerful portrait."--RT Book Reviews
Passion, adultery and betrayal in the court of one of history's most-maligned queens.
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- ISBN 10 034096295X
- ISBN 13 9780340962954
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
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