Meyer, Carolyn, 1935-

Duchessina, a novel of Catherine de Medici / Carolyn Meyer. - 1st ed. - Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007. - 261 p. : geneal. table ; 22 cm.

While her tyrannical family is out of favor in Italy, young Catherine de Medici is raised in convents, then in 1533, when she is fourteen, her uncle, Pope Clement VII, arranges for her marriage to prince Henri of France, who is destined to become king.

014-up.

ISBN: 9780152055882 (trade bdg.) 0152055886 (trade bdg.)

LCCN: 2006028876

Subjects--Personal Names:
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 --Childhood and youth--Fiction.
Clement VII, Pope, 1478-1534 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Italy--History--16th century--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.M5685 / Duc 2007

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]