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Madame Serpent / Jean Plaidy [i.e. E. Hibbert].
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 ...
Record details
- ISBN: 0399115064 :
- Physical Description: 332 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Putnam, 1975.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Sequel: The Italian woman. |
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| Subject: | Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 > Fiction. Queens > France > Fiction |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Community Library | PLAIDY, JEAN (Text) | 33330000923112 | Adult Fiction - Stacks | Available | - |
