Médicis Daughter is historical fiction at its finest, weaving a unique coming-of-age story and a forbidden love with one of the most dramatic and violent events in French history.

Forced to choose between her family and what's right, Margot at last finds the strength within herself to forge her own destiny. Medicis Daughter by Sophie Perinot - book cover, description. Yet Queen Catherine's schemes are endless, and Margot's brother plots vengeance in the streets of Paris. Finally setting aside her happiness for duty, Margot leaves the man she loves for Henri of Navarre, a Huguenot leader and a notorious heretic. Despite her loyalty, Margot finds herself charmed by the powerful and charismatic Duc de Guise and falls for him even as she is promised to another. Médicis Daughter is historical fiction at its finest, weaving a unique coming-of-age story and a forbidden love with one of the most dramatic and violent events in French history. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, which forces her to make an impossible choice. Her story is woven together with the run-up to and bloody events of the St. Among the crafty nobility of Queen Catherine's royal court, Margot learns the intriguing and unspoken rules she must live by to please her manipulative family.Įager to be an obedient daughter, Margot embraces her role as a pawn to be married off to the most convenient bidder. 'A 16th-century princess, daughter to the sharp-tongued Catherine de Mdicis, finds herself facing intrigue and impossible love. View Larger Image Médicis Daughter: A Novel of Marguerite de Valois Perinot, Sophie.

Médicis Daughter: A Novel of Marguerite de Valois. Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Margot’s intimidating mother, Queen Catherine de Mdicis, is a powerful force in a country devastated by religious war. Items related to Médicis Daughter: A Novel of Marguerite de Valois.

Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Queen Catherine is an intimidating and unmoving presence in France, even as her country recovers from the first of many devastating religious wars. Beautiful young Princess Margot is summoned to the court of France, where nothing is what it seems and a wrong word can lead to ruin. It's the winter of 1564 and the beautiful young Princess Margot is summoned to her mother's household, where her true education begins in earnest.

Médicis Daughter by Sophie Perinot