{"product_id":"b09b7kdsm8","title":"Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe inspiration for the STARZ original series,  The Serpent Queen  —  second season premiering July 12th!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A beautifully written portrait of a ruthless, subtle and fearless woman fighting for survival and power in a world of gangsterish brutality, routine assassination and religious mania. . . . Frieda has brought a largely forgotten heroine-villainess and a whole sumptuously vicious era back to life. . . . This is  The Godfather  meets  Elizabeth .” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of  Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePoisoner, besotted mother, despot, necromancer, engineer of a massacre: the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned queen of France to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on comprehensive research including thousands of Catherine’s own letters, Frieda unfurls Catherine’s story from her troubled childhood in Florence to her tumultuous marriage to Henry II of France; her transformation of French culture to her reign as a queen who would use brutality to ensure her children’s royal birthright. Brilliantly executed, this enthralling biography goes beyond myth to paint a very human portrait of this remarkable figure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52828619243736,"sku":"YSL44351","price":7.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/81TEEQZsjUL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793179804","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b09b7kdsm8","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}