Queen Jezebel

By Jean Plaidy

Book Overview

Back in print after twenty years, the final novel in the classic Catherine de' Medici trilogy (that includes Madame Serpent and The Italian Woman ) from the bestselling grande dame of historical fiction. The final novel in the classic Catherine de' Medici trilogy from Jean Plaidy, the grande dame of historical fiction. T he aging Catherine de' Medici and her sickly son King Charles are hoping to end the violence between the feuding Catholics and Huguenots. When Catherine arranges the marriage of her beautiful Catholic daughter Margot to Huguenot king Henry of Navarre, France's subjects hope there will finally be peace. But shortly after the wedding, when many of the most prominent Huguenots are still celebrating in Paris, King Charles gives an order that could only have come from his mother: rid France of its "pestilential Huguenots forever." In this bloody conclusion to the Catherine de' Medici trilogy, Jean Plaidy shows the demise of kings and skillfully exposes Catherine's lifetime of depraved scheming.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451686544
• ISBN13: 9781451686548
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Touchstone
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous author of hundreds of books.

I can’t say enough about Jean Plaidy. If you can read her historical fiction in order I highly recommend this. She takes you behind the scenes of history.

A Wonderful Novel

A superb novel, one of my favourite book I have ever read. Jean Plaidy is able to convert history into an interesting book which people can get absorbed in without a problem. Its an easy book to read with treachery, murder and romance. It has a wide range of vocabulary and I have learnt many new words from reading this book. I recommmend this book for anyone over 14 years old.