false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168712259m/36335.jpg 36335 2 Young Catherine de' Medici is the sole heiress to the entire fortune of the wealthy Medici family. But her life is far from luxurious. After a childhood spent locked away behind the walls of a convent, she joins the household of the pope, where at last she can be united with her true love. But, all too soon, that love is replaced with an engagement to a boy who is cold and aloof. It soon becomes clear that Catherine will need all the cunning she can muster to command the respect she deserves as one of France's most powerful queens.<br><br><br><br><i>Includes a family tree.</i><br><br> 36240 1 6 2007 Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici (Young Royals) total:151|5:40|4:40|3:54|2:14|1:3| 151 553 275 28 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 00:03:55 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 02:48:15 -0700 2009 Duchessina was a fairly good young adult take on Catherine de' Medici. The historical details are flawlessly added, and while it's too sympathic towards Catherine, I understand the need for the heroine to be that way in this type of book. My only major complaint is the end, where there was too much ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 09:00:53 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 09:03:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:08:40 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:16:30 -0800 2009
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multiple references to sex, mistresses, bastards, and rape (this is about the young Catherine, who grows up in Renaissance Italy, marries at age 14, a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 18:27:23 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 15:55:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 04 02:58:41 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 02:58:55 -0700 2008
Catherine de'Medici, Duchessina, grows up in a palace in Florence where her family rules the city. When her family falls out of power, she must flee. She becomes imprisoned within the walls of convents for her protection against the angry m...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 12:10:07 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 09:26:46 -0700 2009
I started reading this on the plane ride back from Vegas on Tuesday. I got about half-way, and it held my interest. (But then again, what else would I have done on the plane? All my gossip magazines were already read, he...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 15:38:18 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 15:41:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 17:41:01 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 17:45:45 -0800 2007 Duchessina is much better written than that. Caterina's story was intriguing and I found myself wanti...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 16:10:08 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 16:12:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 20 09:38:06 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 09:39:59 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu May 22 15:03:07 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 10:42:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 25 15:11:52 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 21 21:59:41 -0800 2007 I liked the view of the other side of Catherine de'Medici; all of the other books I've read about her have only shown her in her later, nastier years, a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 09:18:59 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 09:21:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 30 13:01:03 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 13:01:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun May 17 17:41:11 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 17:41:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 05 12:05:26 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 19 13:27:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 15 18:12:52 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 18:14:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 17 12:46:24 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 12:47:13 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 06:00:35 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 06:12:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 29 08:46:05 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 11:28:36 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=36335