6/12/2023 0 Comments Queen Jezebel by Jean Plaidy![]() ![]() Powerful liaisons, treachery, debauchery, hate, love, and cunning machinations to gain power unfold with clarity and excitement in this final installment. Like the previous two books in this series, Catherine's life is brought to life with vivid details and includes all the main characters of the period. The dreadful murders of Henry Guise and Jeanne Navarre play a pivotal role in this book, giving readers insight and a deeper understanding of her sordid motivations and craftiness of this formidable and cunning queen. This prompts Charles to launch the St Bartholomew day massacre to rid France of Huguenots. ![]() As her control over her son, the king, wanes, she convinces him that there is a plot to assassinate him. But this marriage failed to bring about the peace between the rival groups. Determined to end the hostility between the Catholics and Huguenots, Catherine arranges a political marriage between her Catholic daughter Margot and the Huguenot King Henry of Navarre. ![]()
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