{"product_id":"madame-serpent-9780099493174","title":"Madame Serpent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSullen-eyed and broken-hearted, fourteen-year-old Catherine de'' Medici arrives in Marseilles to marry Henry of Orleans, second son of the King of France. On the promise of a dowry fit for a king, Catherine has left her true love in Italy, forced into trading her future for a stake in the French crown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid 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. And, tortured by what she sees, Catherine becomes dangerously occupied 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 be a Medici heir...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV\/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there -- Matt Bates * WH Smith Travel *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMadame Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e is the best kind of historical novel - one into which we sink with pleasure and a feeling of undeserved education * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003ePlaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eJean Plaidy, by the skilful blending of superb storytelling and meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of charaterization has become one of the country's most widely read novelists * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eFull-blooded, dramatic, exciting * Observer *","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732247523671,"sku":"9780099493174","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099493174.jpg?v=1719996128","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/madame-serpent-9780099493174","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}