With the rampant slaughter of Huguenots at its peak and her beloved Marquis Fabien away on a privateering voyage, Rachelle Dusbane-Macquinet, a couturiere from one of France's foremost silk making families, welcomes the summons to return to Catherine de Medici's court and the opportunity to spy on the evil queen.
year: 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: catherine de m??dicis, queen, consort of henry ii, king of france, 1519-1589, fiction, dressmakers, fiction, huguenots, courts and courtiers, royal weddings, france, history, francis ii, 1559-1560, fiction, 1328-1589, house of valois