Книги автора C. W. Gortner
Название: Confessions of Catherine de Medici
Жанр: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011
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The truth is, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess. So reveals Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of her family's illustrious line. Expelled from her native Florence, Catherine is betrothed to Henri, son of Francois I of France. In an unfamiliar realm, Catherine strives to create a role for herself through her patronage of the famous clairvoyant Nostradamus and her own innate gift as a seer. But in her fortieth year, Catherine is widowed, left alone with six young children in a kingdom torn apart by the ambitions of a treacherous nobility. Relying on her tenacity, wit, and uncanny gift for compromise, Catherine seizes power, intent on securing the throne for her sons, unaware that if she is to save France, she may have to sacrifice her ideals, her reputation, and the secret of her embattled heart.
Название: The Last Queen
Жанр: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2009
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Juana — daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella and sister to Catherine of Aragon — is a woman ruled by her heart, and her arranged marriage to Philip the Fair is unexpectedly passionate and turbulent. When tragedy decimates her family and she suddenly finds herself heiress to the throne, she is plunged into a ruthless battle of ambition and treachery. The future of Spain and her own freedom are at stake...
