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Leonie Frieda

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Swedish by birth, but educated in Britain, Germany and France, Leonie Frieda speaks five languages. Her researches on Catherine de Medici has taken her to Paris, Florence and Rome, as well as the châteaux of the Loire. Her next book is a biography of the Great War soldier and letter-writer Edward Horner. She lives in London with her daughter Elisabeth and son Jake.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 9,426 ratings · 512 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France 3.96 avg rating — 8,542 ratings — published 2003 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Francis I: The Maker of Modern France 3.79 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance 3.37 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edward Horner: A biography: A Biography 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In religious matters she was no fanatic except when her sons and their birthright were concerned. The Catholic Mass suited her, a lifelong habit that she found comforting, almost as though it were another talisman to ward off evil.”
― Leonie Frieda, Catherine de Medici

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“The conspirators’ meeting at Hugues was the origin for the name Huguenot’, the term subsequently used for French Protestants.”
― Leonie Frieda, Catherine de Medici

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“They called it Catherine’s bible, and it eventually acquired the reputation as a manual for cruel autocrats while the name Machiavelli became synonymous with scheming, evil and tyranny.”
― Leonie Frieda, Catherine de Medici

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The top two vote recipients will become the Books of the Month for the period in question. Please vote for a book only if you can access it in time, and plan to contribute to the discussion.

Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
by Greg Melville

33 votes, 27.3%

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
by Jonathan Blitzer

31 votes, 25.6%

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
by Sarah Wynn-Williams

17 votes, 14.0%

The Serpent Queen
by Leonie Frieda

14 votes, 11.6%

King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig

13 votes, 10.7%

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter

13 votes, 10.7%

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