Catherine de Medici. One of the most brilliant women in world history. An unsurpassed master of political intrigue. A brilliant diplomat who masterfully mastered the art of “backstage struggle.” She knew how to hate and wait. She won a long-term war with her husband’s beautiful favorite Diane de Poitiers, playfully removed her young daughter-in-law Maria Stuart from power and became the unofficial ruler of France, deciding the fate of the country on behalf of three of her crowned sons. But is Catherine de Medici guilty of the bloody massacre of St. Bartholomew's Night? Was she involved in the brutal murders of the French Huguenot aristocrats? These are just a few of the questions that this book answers...