{"product_id":"rival-queens","title":"Rival Queens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe riveting true story of mother-and-daughter queens Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly divergent personalities and turbulent relationship changed the shape of their tempestuous and dangerous century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in magnificent Renaissance France, this is the story of two remarkable women, a mother and daughter driven into opposition by a terrible betrayal that threatened to destroy the realm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine de' Medici was a ruthless pragmatist and powerbroker who dominated the throne for thirty years. Her youngest daughter Marguerite, the glamorous \"Queen Margot,\" was a passionate free spirit, the only adversary whom her mother could neither intimidate nor control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Catherine forces the Catholic Marguerite to marry her Protestant cousin Henry of Navarre against her will, and then uses her opulent Parisian wedding as a means of luring his followers to their deaths, she creates not only savage conflict within France but also a potent rival within her own family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in detail and vivid prose, Goldstone's narrative unfolds as a thrilling historical epic. Treacherous court politics, poisonings, inter-national espionage, and adultery form the background to a story that includes such celebrated figures as Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Nostradamus. The Rival Queens is a dangerous tale of love, betrayal, ambition, and the true nature of courage, the echoes of which still resonate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nancy Goldstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063798546601,"sku":"9781780224770","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781780224770.jpg?v=1778126619","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/rival-queens","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}