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F ourteen-year-old Catherine de’ Medici arrives in Marseilles to marry Henry, Duke of Orleans, second son of the King of France. The brokenhearted Catherine has left her true love in Italy, forced into trading her future happiness for marriage into the French royal family. Amid the glittering fêtes and banquets of the most immoral court in sixteenth-century Europe, the reluctant bride becomes a passionate but unwanted wife. Humiliated and unloved, Catherine spies on Henry and his lover, the infamous Diane de Poitiers. Tortured by what she sees, Catherine becomes consumed by a ruthless ambition destined to make her the most despised woman in France: the dream that one day the French crown will be worn by a Medici heir. . . . Review "Seldom has a character been brought to life with such clarity." ( Chicago Sunday Tribune ) "Plaidy has crafted a compelling narrative, full of historical detail and fascinating characters. She is credited with resurrecting the historical novel as a genre, and Madame Serpent shows why." ( The Free Lance-Star ) About the Author Jean Plaidy one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the

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Author

Jean Plaidy

Publisher

Touchstone

Published

1952

Language

EN

ISBN

9781451686203

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

4.2 / 5 (595 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14