The Italian Woman
(Medici Trilogy)
$35.02
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2006
Summary
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.
When Catherine de’ Medici was forced to marry Henry of Orleans, her’s was not the only heart broken. Jeanne of Navarre once dreamed of marrying this same prince, but like Catherine, she must comply with King Francis’s political needs. And so both Catherine and Jeanne’s lives are set on unwanted paths, destined to cross in af…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099493181 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099493187 |
| Author: | Jean Plaidy |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 131mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Medici Trilogy |
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Critics Review
Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama
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 *
One of England’s foremost historical novelists * Birmingham Mail *
An excellent story * Irish Press *
A penetrating and thoughtful study of Catherine de’Medici * Northern Daily Telegraph *
Jean Plaidy
Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy’s novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.
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