In which Catherine de'Medici, a young duchess, lives with her aunt in the big Palazzo Medici. But a lot of people hate the Medicis and when Catherine is 8 a mob is at the gates and are threating to get in and tear the place apart they escape dressed as boys in a dung cart. After all that, Catherine is taken to a convent with mean nuns. For months she lives there in dread. Soon a mysterious man comes and brings her to a very nice convent where the nuns are not mean but loving. She makes friends and lives there for 4 years. When the pope tells her to come to to him she must obey and leaves sadly. When she gets to the Vatican she learns that is going to marry the young French Prince Henry who hardly ever notices her. She lives the rest of her in the French palace as Queen Catherine de' Medici of France.
After reading this book I like Catherine much more than I did before (another book I read made Catherine look really bad). She and Henry had 7 kids together who all had their turns to be king or queen. Sadly, King Henry did not love Catherine but a lady named Diane de Poiters and when he died Catherine banished Diane from court. I really liked learning about Catherine de' Medici and her childhood.
Recommended for: people who like drama, nuns, and the Medicis.
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