by Jeanne Kalogridis · Presses de la Cité · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782258081178
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«La Reine de l'ombre» is the historical novel by Jeanne Kalogridis, published by Presses de la Cité in paperback (469 pages, in French).
Historical novel following Catherine de' Medici from her youth in Florence, marked by orphanhood and political upheavals, to her rise as Queen of France and the St Bartholomew's Day massacre. Amid hunts, banquets, tournaments, alliances and intrigues, political assassinations decide the fate of nations.
The novel was originally published in 2006 as «I, Mona Lisa»; this French edition, translated by Martine Desoille, appeared in March 2010.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Renaissance, the French court and the figure of Catherine de' Medici.
Jeanne Kalogridis, also known by the pseudonym J.M. Dillard, is an American writer of historical, science and horror fiction.
