About “Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici”
Catherine de' Medici, sole heiress to the Medici family fortune, has a childhood spent locked away in a convent before joining the pope's household, where she is briefly united with her true love. That love is replaced by an engagement to a cold, aloof boy, and Catherine must use her cunning to earn respect as one of France's most powerful queens.
Book details
- First published
- 2007
- Latest edition
- 2007 · ISBN 9780152055882
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