"A beautifully written portrait of a ruthless, subtle and fearless woman fighting for survival and power in a world of gangsterish brutality, routine assassination and religious mania. . . . Frieda has brought a largely forgotten...

This is the paperback edition of the bestselling revisionist biography of one of the great women of the 16th century. The hardback reprinted five times. It portrays De Medici as a heroine who held 16th century France together in times of...