{"product_id":"catherine-de-medici-renaissance-queen-of-france-by-leonie-frieda","title":"Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe inspiration for the STARZ original series,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Serpent Queen\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esecond season premiering July 12th!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A beautifully written portrait of a ruthless, subtle and fearless woman fighting for survival and power in a world of gangsterish brutality, routine assassination and religious mania. . . . Frieda has brought a largely forgotten heroine-villainess and a whole sumptuously vicious era back to life. . . . This is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElizabeth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStalin: The Court of the Red Tsar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoisoner, besotted mother, despot, necromancer, engineer of a massacre: the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned queen of France to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on comprehensive research including thousands of Catherine’s own letters, Frieda unfurls Catherine’s story from her troubled childhood in Florence to her tumultuous marriage to Henry II of France; her transformation of French culture to her reign as a queen who would use brutality to ensure her children’s royal birthright. Brilliantly executed, this enthralling biography goes beyond myth to paint a very human portrait of this remarkable figure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"paperback","offer_id":44577796915242,"sku":null,"price":440.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"hardcover","offer_id":44577796948010,"sku":null,"price":570.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook","offer_id":44577796980778,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/5126\/8394\/files\/81uXcUm8l9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1784058135","url":"https:\/\/bookycafebd.shop\/products\/catherine-de-medici-renaissance-queen-of-france-by-leonie-frieda","provider":"BookYcafe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}