Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots―three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.

Orphaned from infancy, …

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