But the widowed Catherine is now the ambitious mother of princes, and she will do anything to see her beloved second son, Henry, rule France. Years later Jeanne is happily married to the dashing but politically inept Antoine de Bourbon. And so both Catherine’s and Jeanne’s lives are set on unwanted paths, destined to cross in affairs of state, love, and faith, driving them to become deadly political rivals. Jeanne of Navarre once dreamed of marrying this same prince, but, like Catherine, she must comply with France’s political needs. When Catherine de’ Medici was forced to marry Henry, Duke of Orleans, her heart was not the only one that was broken. The second book in the classic Catherine de’ Medici trilogy from Jean Plaidy, the grande dame of historical fiction From the grande dame of historical fiction, the second novel in the classic trilogy-back in print after more than twenty years-brilliantly depicts the life of the powerful Queen who was loved by few and feared by many.
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