ASIN: B00UEL4XLW
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 274
Who are these two young ladies who stare blankly out at us from their bath?
Meet Gabrielle d’Estrées and Henriette d'Entragues, mistresses of the King of France.
Henriette arrives at the court of Henri IV in 1598 when Gabrielle d’Estrées is at the height of her power as the king’s favourite. Beautiful and intelligent, Henriette rises easily to prominence until she finds herself an unwitting player in Gabrielle’s bid to become queen. When Henriette develops ambitions of her own she is drawn into a deadly fight for the crown of France, but as both ladies discover to their cost, political scheming is a dangerous game when you are competing with the mighty Medicis.
This is their side of the story: a tale of desire and deception, betrayal and murder, driven by overwhelming ambition.
In the court of Henry IV, a king desperate to assure his succession, some will do anything to become ...
