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C. W. Gortner: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici C. W. Gortner: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici C. W. Gortner: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici

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The ​truth is, none of us are innocent. We all have sins to confess.

So reveals Catherine de Medici in this brilliantly imagined novel about one of history's most powerful and controversial women. To some she was the ruthless queen who led France into an era of savage violence. To others she was the passionate savior of the French monarchy. Acclaimed author C. W. Gortner brings Catherine to life in her own voice, allowing us to enter into the intimate world of a woman whose determination to protect her family's throne and realm plunged her into a lethal struggle for power.

The last legitimate descendant of the illustrious Medici line, Catherine suffers the expulsion of her family from her native Florence and narrowly escapes death at the hands of an enraged mob. While still a teenager, she is betrothed to Henri, son of François I of France, and sent from Italy to an unfamiliar realm where she is overshadowed and humiliated by her husband's lifelong mistress. Ever… (tovább)

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Ballantine Books, New York, 2010
398 oldal · ISBN: 9780345501868
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Blackstone, Ashland, Oregon, 2010
ISBN: 9781441754554
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2010
416 oldal · ISBN: 9780340962961

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