The Serpent and the Moon
Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King
$49.56
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2005
Summary
Set against the stunning backdrop of Renaissance France, The Serpent and the Moon is a true story of love, war, intrigue, betrayal, and persecution. At its heart is one of the world’s greatest love stories: the lifelong devotion of King Henri II of France to Diane de Poitiers, a beautiful aristocrat who was nineteen years older than her lover. At age fourteen, Henri was married to fourteen-year-old Catherine de’ Medici, an unattractive but extremely wealthy heiress who was to bring half of I…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743251068 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743251067 |
| Author: | Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent |
| Publisher: | Atria Books |
| Imprint: | Atria Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 541g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“A cracking good story…a consummate storyteller.” – Lucinda Hahn, Chicago Tribune“A hugely entertaining book…the stuff of high Renaissance drama.” – Leonie Friede, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)“A sizzling story about love and betrayal in a royal family…a true tale of palace intrigue in the sixteenth century.” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution“The author, who knows a thing or two about palace intrigue herself, writes with style and panache and serves up marvelous details of pageantry, court fashion, furniture, and gossip worthy of the master of the genre, the duc de Saint-Simon.” – Dominick Dunne
About The Author
Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent
Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent is the author of two previous books, Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides and Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours. For more than ten years, the Princess has pursued a successful career lecturing on historical topics. She lives with her husband, Prince Michael of Kent, in Kensington Palace in London and in their seventeenth-century manor house in Gloucestershire, England.
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