Heads up for you newsletter subscribers- I’ve got a new novella in the works, and it’s a subscriber exclusive. If you’ve finished the Three Graces Trilogy, you’ve no doubt met Louise of Lorraine, who became Queen of France as the wife of Henry III. If you’re still working through the trilogy, you can pick up
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[Queen Elizabeth came to our interview accompanied by an interpreter, Baroness Charlotte de Sauve, wife of the Chancellor of France. When the queen spoke to us in French, he words were heavily accented with German, but were obviously improving. While the Queen was subdued, Madame de Sauve often interpreted, sometimes leaving the two women in
[The interview with Queen Margot was conducted at the home of her friend, the Duchess de Nevers] Q: You’ve never made a secret of your feelings towards your husband, particularly just before your marriage. Has your relationship warmed since then? Oh, I hated Henry when he was a boy. He was always covered in mud
Q: You grew up with your first wife (Marie of Cleves) yet your relationship was not a close one. Why do you think that was the case? I still wonder how we could both grow up under the care of a remarkable woman like Aunt Jeanne and still turn out so different. I took my
[His Majesty the King of France arrived thirty minutes late for his interview. During our interview, he insisted that we address him in the most formal of address, and strict protocol was to be adhered to. Our requests to speak to Queen Louise were briskly refused] Q; You survived the loss of your first love;