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The White Queen?(Book Review)
The White Queen?
Leonie Frieda Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France. Fourth Estate, 464- pages, $29.95
Every country has its national myths, its defining narratives, its untouchable heroes and unspeakable villains. But most of the historical characters history enshrines or vilifies are far more complicated than their legends might suggest, and it is the task of revisionist historians to attempt to restore some balance and reality to their images. Thus Thomas Jefferson has been nudged from his high perch; thus many have tried--and generally failed--to salvage some of Richard III's mined reputation. Catherine de Medici, like Richard III, is ...
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