The Serpent and the Rose by Catherine Butterfield

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/149873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Serpent and the Rose Author: Catherine Butterfield Narrator: Catherine Butterfield Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins Release date: 03-28-24 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Renaissance Publisher's Summary: 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.