288 pages. >>> "Sullen-eyed and broken-hearted, fourteen-year-old Catherine de'Medici arrives in Marseilles to marry Henry of Orleans, second son of the King of France. On the promise of a dowry fit for a king, Catherine has left her true love in Italy, forced into trading her future for a stake in the French crown. Sullen-eyed and broken-hearted, fourteen-year-old Catherine de'Medici arrives in Marseilles to marry Henry of Orleans, second son of the King of France. On the promise of a dowry fit for a king, Catherine has left her true love in Italy, forced into trading her future for a stake in the French crown. Amid the glittering fetes and banquets of the most immoral court in sixteenth-century Europe, the reluctant bride becomes a passionate but unwanted wife. Humiliated and unloved, Catherine spies on Henry and his lover, the infamous Diane de Poitiers. And, tortured by what she sees, Catherine becomes dangerously occupied by a ruthless ambition destined to make her the most despised woman in France: the dream that one day the French crown will be worn be a Medici heir." >>> RARE book Number, for Collectors trying to assemble a Set of the Vintage Harlequin 1-500 Books; >>> RARE in this FIRST Paperback Printing Edition; ** EXTRA Tough in Nice Condition; Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" Tall.

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MADAME SERPENT. (vintage 1952 Harlequin Book #179); The CATHERINE De MEDICI Trilogy: Volume One / Book #1 -- Later Dauphiness & Queen of France -- Unholy Woman, Lechery & Poisoner in 16th Century

Publisher

Harlequin Books., Toronto - Winnipeg, Canada.

Publication Date

1952

Binding

Soft cover

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GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover

Edition

First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!.

Condition

GOOD+

Book Type

Book

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