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Finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Biography)
One of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2023
One of BookRiot''s Best Biographies of 2023
Longlisted for the 2024 Women''s Prize in Nonfiction
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scotsthree queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.
Orphaned from infancy, Catherine de' Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power behind the French throne during a period of intense civil strife. In 1546, Catherine gave birth to a daughter, Elisabeth de Valois, who would become Queen of Spain. Two years later, Catherine welcomed to her nursery the beguiling young Mary Queen of Scots, who would later become her daughter-in-law.
Together, Catherine, Elisabeth, and Mary lived through the sea changes that tran
