{"product_id":"catherine-de-medici-book-leonie-frieda-9780060744922","title":"Catherine de Medici","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe inspiration for the STARZ original series, The Serpent Queen -- second season premiering July 12th!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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 The Godfather meets Elizabeth.\" --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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\/p\u003e \u003cp\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\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49764796203281,"sku":"CIN0060744928G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50477500334353,"sku":"CIN0060744928VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50477500760337,"sku":"CIN0060744928A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50895717237009,"sku":"GOR004167296","price":22.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0060744928.jpg?v=1751226334","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/catherine-de-medici-book-leonie-frieda-9780060744922","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}