A review by jnkay01
Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda

informative slow-paced

3.0

Really helps put the revolution that came two centuries later into perspective. Also inadvertently illustrates the wonders of modern medicine - how could anyone expect their dynasty to survive when they all suffered so many ailments and illnesses? And how is it, amid so much pus and stench emanating from their warped bodies, did these men protest so vehemently at their proposed (healthy, totally normal) brides? The audacity.