The Devil's Queen — Jeanne Kalogridis

A passionate tale of a queen who loved too deeply, from the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisa and The Borgia Bride.

Jeanne Kalogridis weaves a captivating historical novel about Catherine de Medici, one of history's most maligned monarchs. Born into a powerful Florentine family, young Catherine is soon left a fabulously rich heiress by the early deaths of her parents. Imprisoned and threatened by her family's enemies, she is finally released and married off to the handsome Prince Henry of France.

Overshadowed by her husband's mistress, the conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorts to the dark arts of sorcery to win Henry's love and enhance her fertility -- for which she pays a steep price. Against the lavish backdrop of the French court and Catherine's blood-soaked visions of the future, Devil's Queen reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for Henry, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne.

Immerse yourself in this gripping tale of power, love, and witchcraft in Renaissance France, as Kalogridis brings to life one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures of the era -- the confidante of Nostradamus and architect of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici.