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Leonie Frieda
The women who wielded the real power behind the throne in Renaissance Italy, from a bestselling historian.
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From Frieda, critically acclaimed biographer of Catherine de Medici, comes an epic tale of eight women whose lives–marked by fortune and poverty, power and powerlessness–encompass the spectacle, opportunity, and depravity…
The bestselling author of Catherine de Medici turns to Francis I, the king who transformed France into a great nation.
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In this effervescent and richly praised biography, Frieda reclaims the story of Catherine de Medici to reveal a skilled ruler battling against extraordinary odds. Three 8-page color inserts.
The bestselling revisionist biography of one of the great women of the 16th century
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The Sunday Times bestselling author of Catherine de Medici turns to Francis I, the king who transformed France into a great nation.