The courtesan
a novel
by Susan Carroll · 2005
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.
FictionFicciónHistoryHistoriaNovela históricaCatherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 -- FictionFiction, historical, generalFrance, fictionMagicGood and evilFate and fatalismTriangles (Interpersonal relations)