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Madame Serpent

by Jean Plaidy Book 1 in the Medici Trilogy series.

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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.

Historical Periods

Medici Florence1434–1494 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Henry II of France1519–1559 Diane de Poitiers1499–1566

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