Title: The courtesan
Subtitle: a novel
First published: 2005
Description: Determined to ensure her future by winning the heart of Henry, the Huguenot king of Navarre, sixteenth-century courtesan Gabrielle Cheney finds her plans jeopardized by the malevolent enmity and dark arts of the queen, Catherine de Medici.
Subjects: Fiction, Ficción, History, Historia, Novela histórica, Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 -- Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, France, fiction, Magic, Good and evil, Fate and fatalism, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Betrayal
Places: France, Francia
People: Catherine de Médicis Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France (1519-1589), Catalina de Medicis Reina, consorte de Enrique II, Rey de Francia (1519-1589)
Time periods: Henry II, 1547-1559
LC classification: PS3553.A7654 C68 2005