![]() ![]() In the bio she struck me as a nasty piece of work, whereas in this fiction-based-on-fact tale, she comes across as a more sympathetic character.The author shows Catherine as an unloved person who’s treated badly or neglected by those who should care for her right from childhood. I had previously read an account of her after this period in a non-fiction work, namely a biography on Henry IV of France. ![]() ![]() I expected to dislike her character throughout this book, but despite a few “evil intentions”, I found myself on her side and making excuses for her whenever she went too far with anything.This novel covers her time from the age of six through to thirty-nine. All I knew of Catherine de Medici before reading this fictionalised account of her life was that she was a “bad” woman. ![]()
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