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CATHERINE DE' MEDICI-Ralph Roeder -Viking ($3.75).
The career of Catherine de' Medici, one of the biggest career women of the Reformation, was a long time starting, came as near as nothing to never starting at all.
Cousin Giulio, who succeeded Giovanni in the Papacy, wangled a more brilliant match for little Catherine than old Pope Leo had dared to dream about. At 14 she became the bride of heavy-lidded Henri, second son of the King of France. For a long time she was unable to...
Europe was having its troubles, but Catherine let Europe take care of itself. As a model wife and mother, she had her hands full at home. Henri had never made any secret of his infatuation for Diane de Poitiers, who was old enough to be his nurse, and Catherine even...
With his death Catherine had her chance to pay off old scores. All she did was make Diane give up the crown jewels, retire to her estates.