The Serpent and the Rose by Butterfield, Catherine

The Serpent and the Rose

"A SMART, EMOTIONALLY ENGAGING PAGE-TURNER.""DEVILISHLY CLEVER, A JOY TO READ." REVIEW: THE HISTORICAL FICTION COMPANY"The Serpent and...
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Author: Catherine Butterfield
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The Serpent and the Rose by Butterfield, Catherine

The Serpent and the Rose

$45.28

The Serpent and the Rose

$45.28
Author: Catherine Butterfield
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"A SMART, EMOTIONALLY ENGAGING PAGE-TURNER."
"DEVILISHLY CLEVER, A JOY TO READ."

REVIEW: THE HISTORICAL FICTION COMPANY
"The Serpent and the Rose" is a captivating tale that skillfully weaves together historical, dramatic and personal elements. Catherine Butterfield brings to life a fascinating period in French history and paints a complex and memorable portrait of Queen Marguerite de Valois." 5 stars, Highly Recommended Award of Excellence.

KIRKUS REVIEWS
"A sweeping but intimate story that highlights the author's clear attention to detail....." "Over the course of the novel, Butterfield employs diary-style from Marguerite's perspective that make for a brisk read, and Marguerite, despite her royal background, comes off as approachable and very human throughout."

In 16th century France, Marguerite de Valois is growing up in one of Europe's most dysfunctional families - the Medici clan. Their extreme inbreeding has led to an alarming number of genetic defects in France's kings.

Marguerite alone has escaped this curse. Uncharacteristically beautiful, intelligent, and sane, she is seen as a useful pawn by her mother, Catherine de Medici. In a scheme to unite the country during the raging religious wars, the queen decides to marry her Catholic daughter to Protestant Henri, Prince of Navarre, a charming libertine. De Medici's plan backfires, however, when the populace recoils at the union. Immediately following the wedding a key Huguenot figure is murdered, which leads to the deaths of thousands of Huguenots in Paris, slaughtered by their neighbors in what has come to be known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Henri barely escapes Paris with his life and Marguerite, sequestered at court by order of de Medici, finds herself a newlywed without a husband.

To make matters worse the Duke of Guise, the powerful man she spurned for Henri, is determined to make her pay for wounding his vanity. In a tale that covers the trajectory of her life, Marguerite, who narrates her own story, comes to understand that to set herself free of the machinations of others, she'll have to outplay them at their own vicious game.

Author: Catherine Butterfield
Publisher: Bookbaby
Published: 02/19/2024
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9798350928013


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024

About the Author
Catherine Butterfield began her career as an actress and worked for years in New York and regional theatre before turning to playwriting. Her many published plays have been produced in the US, England, Australia and Spain. She has written for television (The Ghost Whisperer, Grimm, Party of Five, FAME LA) and done much uncredited work on feature films. She wrote and directed over 60 short comedic films for her web series LIFE DURING LOCKDOWN, which can be seen on Youtube.

During 2020-21, she collaborated with the Interact Theatre Company in Los Angeles to produce two short films which each won Telly awards, the bronze award for Best Remote Production 2022, the gold in the same category in 2023.

"The Serpent and the Rose" is Ms. Butterfield's first novel.

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