{"product_id":"the-devils-queen-jeanne-kalogridis","title":"The Devil's Queen - Jeanne Kalogridis","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI, Mona Lisa\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Borgia Bride\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a new novel that tells the passionate story of a queen who loved not wisely . . . but all too well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConfidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history. In her latest historical fiction, Jeanne Kalogridis tells Catherine’s story—that of a tender young girl, destined to be a pawn in Machiavellian games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn into one of Florence’s most powerful families, Catherine was soon left a fabulously rich heiress by the early deaths of her parents. Violent conflict rent the city state and she found herself imprisoned and threatened by her family’s enemies before finally being released and married off to the handsome Prince Henry of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOvershadowed by her husband’s mistress, the gorgeous, conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorted to the dark arts of sorcery to win Henry’s love and enhance her fertility—for which she would pay a price. Against the lavish and decadent backdrop of the French court, and Catherine’s blood-soaked visions of the future, Kalogridis reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband, Henry, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eused book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"FeaturedDetails\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e468 pages, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published July 21, 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694365315166,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/devil.jpg?v=1777146875","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-devils-queen-jeanne-kalogridis","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}