A line on the verso page admits that history has been “altered,” but the book lacks references or suggested further reading changes include a Turkish slave-girl advisor in place of Catherine’s astrologer and a chaste romance with a much older cousin.
Catherine de’ Medici as oppressed little rich girl? Anyone familiar with Catherine’s life would be hard-pressed to embrace this sanitized version of the intrigue (sexual and political) that surrounded Catherine, but Meyer does a creditable job of using the slim historical information to craft a sympathetic first-person narrative childhood, while neatly avoiding the later events that cemented Catherine’s status as one of the more reviled rulers of France.
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