The Italian Woman (The Medici Trilogy: Volume 2) - Hardcover

Plaidy, Jean; Holt, Victoria; Carr, Philippa; Hibbert, Eleanor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399116850 ISBN 13: 9780399116858

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 1975

Synopsis

Upon the death of her husband, Henry II of France, Catherine de Medici is determined to take revenge for the neglect and humiliation she has endured

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Review:

"Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there" (Matt Bates WH Smith Travel)

"An exciting tale and Jean Plaidy tells it with accurate knowledge" (Times Literary Supplement)

"Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama" (New York Times)

"Jean Plaidy, by the skilful blending of superb storytelling and meticulous attention to authenticiy of detail and depth of charaterization has become one of the country's most widely read novelists" (Sunday Times)

"Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting" (Observer)

From the Publisher:

In the days when the word 'Italian' was synonymous with 'poisoner', there was no woman the French despised more than their own Queen Regent, Catherine de' Medici...

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0399116850
• ISBN 13: 9780399116858
• Binding: Hardcover