Teaser Tuesday (December 6)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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Catherine de Medici has variously been called ‘The Maggot from Italy’s Tomb’, ‘The Black Queen’ and ‘Madame La Serpente’. To many, she is the very incarnation of the evil.”

(~Catherine de Medici by Leonie Frieda, Kindle Edition, 2004)

[Note: I’m a passionate of Renaissance Europe, and I’ve read pretty much all biographies I could put my hands on -in various languages- regarding Catherine, which is one of my favourite personages, for many reasons. She has been vilified for centuries and only recently historians have started to present a more equilibrate portrait of this complex queen, certainly one of the finest minds of XVI century. Leonie Frieda’s book reads like a novel and it has the merit of being fair. Here the Guardian’s review of the biography: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/11/biography.features]

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here and/or in Books and a Beat’s blog.

10 Comments

  1. sjhigbee

    You’re certainly right about her being vilified – I recall how she was represented during my A level History course… This sounds a fascinating read, Steph, and I look forward to hearing what you make of it when you’ve finished. This is my TT this week – https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/teaser-tuesday-6th-december-2016/

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Thanks – I’ll post a full review when I’m done.

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      1. sjhigbee

        I look forward to it:)

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  2. P.D. Workman

    I am intrigued to find out more about her.

    Mine this week is a steampunk series: https://wp.me/p3Nz8P-15T

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Thanks, going to have a look at it!

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  3. Alice Audrey

    This looks like something my husband would love. He’s a big history buff.

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Thanks Alice, this book is great, and historically accurate!

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  4. Captain's Quarters

    Ah Catherine is one of me favorites too. I haven’t read this one though. Thanks for the post.
    x The Captain

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  5. mysm2000

    I’ve run across Catherine before but really know next to nothing about her. Sounds like an interesting read. Thanks for posting. Here’s my link for today: http://wp.me/p4DMf0-1ox

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Thanks for sharing your TT of the week, I love your picks. I haven’t started anything new this week, so haven’t posted anything, but I’ll do better next one 🙂

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