Queen Jezebel: A Catherine de' Medici Novel

The classic Catherine de' Medici trilogy, penned by the grande dame of historical fiction, Jean Plaidy, culminates with this final novel. The aging Catherine de' Medici and her sickly son, King Charles, are desperately seeking to end the violence between the feuding Catholics and Huguenots. In a bid for peace, Catherine arranges the marriage of her beautiful Catholic daughter, Margot, to the Huguenot king, Henry of Navarre. France's subjects are hopeful that this union will finally bring an end to the conflict.

However, their hopes are shattered shortly after the wedding, when many prominent Huguenots are still celebrating in Paris. King Charles, seemingly acting on the orders of his mother, issues a chilling decree: the "pestilential Huguenots" must be rid of forever. This bloody conclusion to the Catherine de' Medici trilogy sees the demise of kings, as Jean Plaidy skillfully exposes the lifetime of depraved scheming by the formidable Catherine.

The aging Catherine de' Medici and her sickly son, King Charles, are the central figures in this final installment of the classic Catherine de' Medici trilogy, written by the grande dame of historical fiction, Jean Plaidy. Desperate to end the violence between the feuding Catholics and Huguenots, Catherine arranges the marriage of her beautiful Catholic daughter, Margot, to the Huguenot king, Henry of Navarre. France's subjects, hopeful that this union will bring peace, are devastated when, shortly after the wedding, many prominent Huguenots are still celebrating in Paris, King Charles issues a decree that can only have come from his mother: the "pestilential Huguenots" must be rid of forever. In this bloody conclusion to the trilogy, Jean Plaidy masterfully exposes the demise of kings and Catherine's lifetime of depraved scheming.

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