Dimensions
162 x 241 x 32mm
In this sweeping historical novel set in the 16th century French courts ruled by her ruthless and intimidating mother, Catherine de Médicis, Princess Margot struggles between obedience to her dangerous family and the demands of her own conscience.
It is the winter of 1564 and the beautiful young princess is summoned to her mother's household, where her true education begins in earnest. Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Queen Catherine is a powerful and unmoving presence in France, even as her country recovers from the first of many devastating religious wars. Among the crafty nobility of Queen Catherine's royal court, Margot learns the intriguing and unspoken rules she must live by to please her manipulative family.
Eager to be an obedient daughter, Margot sets aside her happiness for duty and leaves the man she loves for Henri of Navarre, a Huguenot leader and a notorious heretic. Yet Queen Catherine's schemes are endless, and Margot's brother plots vengeance in the streets of Paris. Forced to choose between her family and what's right, Margot at last finds the strength within herself to forge her own destiny.
