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lavendersparkWhile waiting for Judas Unchained to arrive from the library, I picked up Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history. In her latest historical fiction, Jeanne Kalogridis tells Catherine’s story—that of a tender young girl, destined to be a pawn in Machiavellian games.
Born into one of Florence’s most powerful families, Catherine was soon left a fabulously rich heiress by the early deaths of her parents. Violent conflict rent the city state and she found herself imprisoned and threatened by her family’s enemies before finally being released and married off to the handsome Prince Henry of France.
Overshadowed by her husband’s mistress, the gorgeous, conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorted to the dark arts of sorcery to win Henry’s love and enhance her fertility—for which she would pay a price. Against the lavish and decadent backdrop of the French court, and Catherine’s blood-soaked visions of the future, Kalogridis reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband, Henry, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne. .
I've almost finished it. It's a good quick read, but there were some parts that I didn't like. The author sexualizing a nine year old being the biggest one. I know it's set in the 1500s and girls that young were married off, but to say that they wanted/enjoyed sexual acts is completely false. But that was just a brief part of the book. It mostly focuses on Catherine's obsession with the future and saving her husband.
I'll probably finish it this weekend, which is good because I just got notice that my book arrived at the library today!
Born into one of Florence’s most powerful families, Catherine was soon left a fabulously rich heiress by the early deaths of her parents. Violent conflict rent the city state and she found herself imprisoned and threatened by her family’s enemies before finally being released and married off to the handsome Prince Henry of France.
Overshadowed by her husband’s mistress, the gorgeous, conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorted to the dark arts of sorcery to win Henry’s love and enhance her fertility—for which she would pay a price. Against the lavish and decadent backdrop of the French court, and Catherine’s blood-soaked visions of the future, Kalogridis reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband, Henry, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne. .
I've almost finished it. It's a good quick read, but there were some parts that I didn't like. The author sexualizing a nine year old being the biggest one. I know it's set in the 1500s and girls that young were married off, but to say that they wanted/enjoyed sexual acts is completely false. But that was just a brief part of the book. It mostly focuses on Catherine's obsession with the future and saving her husband.
I'll probably finish it this weekend, which is good because I just got notice that my book arrived at the library today!