As civil war ravages the country and Jeanne fights for the Huguenot cause, Catherine advances along her unholy road, making enemies at every turn. 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.

FIC PLAIDY 48198000773453 ISBN: 9781620901670 Physical Description: 387 pages : genealogical. Madame Serpent: A Catherine de' Medici Novel by Jean Plaidy 4.0 (3) Paperback (Original) 24.99 Paperback 24.99 eBook 15. Years later Jeanne is happily married to the dashing but politically inept Antoine de Bourbon. Madame Serpent : a Catherine De Medici novel / Jean Plaidy. Madame Serpent Hardcover Januby Jean Plaidy (Author) 219 ratings Book 1 of 3: Medici Trilogy See all formats and editions Kindle 15.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 40.00 1 Used from 40.00 Paperback 13.83 7 Used from 7.00 8 New from 10.04 Mass Market Paperback 25.38 15 Used from 0.01 3 New from 25. 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. Sullen-eyed and broken-hearted, fourteen-year-old Catherine de Med. by Jean Plaidy (Author) (278) The story of the homesick Italian girl who became the most feared woman in sixteenth-century France. Jeanne of Navarre once dreamed of marrying this same prince, but, like Catherine, she must comply with France’s political needs. Read 128 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. 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 Madame Serpent: (Medici Trilogy) Paperback 1 September 2006 by Jean Plaidy (Author) 219 ratings Book 1 of 3: Medici Trilogy See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback from 24.70 6 New from 24.70 Mass Market Paperback 160.00 1 Used from 114.00 2 New from 26. 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.

Madame Serpent by Jean Plaidy