Author: C.W. Gortner
Publisher: Heliographica Pre
Keywords: lion, secret
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2004-09-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1933037369
ISBN-13: 9781933037363

Author: C. W. Gortner
Publisher: Ballantine Book
Keywords: novel, queen, last
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2009-05-05
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0345501853
ISBN-13: 9780345501851

In this stunning novel, C. W. Gortner brings to life Juana of Castile, the third child of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain, who would become the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country’s throne. Along the way, Gortner takes the reader from the somber majesty of Spain to the glittering and lethal courts of Flanders, France, and Tudor England.Born amid her parents’ ruthless struggle to unify and strengthen their kingdom, Juana, at the age of sixteen, is sent to wed Philip, heir to the Habsburg Empire. Juana finds unexpected love and passion with her dashing young husband,

Author: C. W. Gortner
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Keywords: novel, medici, catherine, confessions
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2010-05-25
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0345501861
ISBN-13: 9780345501868

C.W. Gortner on The Confessions of Catherine de Medici I found Catherine de Medici to be both a perfect subject and enormous challenge for my next work of historical fiction. Though I’d known about her for years, I soon discovered during my research how little I had truly understood her. Few queens are as notorious as this woman who ruled France during the 16th century, renowned for her ruthlessness and accused of heinous crimes, including the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Obscured by her own dark legend, Catherine lurks in the shadows of history as the perennial black widow, weaving