{"product_id":"9781800244771","title":"Catherine de' Medici : The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hollingsworth, Mary \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 08\/05\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 480 pages, 1x8pp col,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781800244771,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Financial Times Book of the Year‘Thoroughly researched.’ Sunday Times‘To be devoured.’ Philip Mansel'This book is a treat for fans of well-told history.' Washington PostHistory is rarely kind to women of power, but few have had their reputations quite so brutally shredded as Catherine de’ Medici.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new biography of the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe, Mary Hollingsworth uses neglected primary sources to recreate the life and times of a remarkable – and remarkably traduced – woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Hollingsworth delves into the archives to discover deeper truths behind the persistent myths of sectarian cruelty and ruinous extravagance, and to reveal a cultured and politically astute woman who worked tirelessly to find a way for Catholics and Protestants to coexist peacefully.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55199061016949,"sku":"9781800244771","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781800244771_082f2c7d-c736-4141-a65e-833bdd2b577b.jpg?v=1759670951","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781800244771","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}