Catherine De' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen

by Mary Hollingsworth

The life and times of Catherine de' Medici--the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe--as seen through her often controversial role in religion and the arts.

During an age of heightened religious conflict, Catherine de' Medici lived her life at the center of sixteenth-century European and French politics. Daughter of Lorenzo II, the Medici ruler of Florence--and then wedded to a French prince by papal decree at the age of fourteen--Catherine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639367012
• ISBN13: 9781639367016
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.