The Devil’s Queen. Jeanne Kalogridis

      

      The Devil’s Queen

      

      JEANNE KALOGRIDIS

      

       Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperColinsPublishers 2010

      Copyright © Jeanne Kalogridis 2010

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      Source ISBN: 9780007266838

      Ebook Edition © NOVEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007283460 Version: 2016-09-26

       For Russell Galen

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

       Dedication

PART I: Blois, France August 1556

Prologue

PART II: Florence, Italy May 1527

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

PART III: Imprisonment May 1527–August 1530

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

PART IV: Rome September 1530–October 1533

Twelve

Thirteen

       Fourteen

       Fifteen

       PART V: Princess October 1533–March 1547

       Sixteen

       Seventeen

       Eighteen

       Nineteen

       Twenty

       Twenty-one

       Twenty-two

       Twenty-three

       PART VI

       Twenty-four

       Twenty-five

       Twenty-six

       Twenty-seven

       Twenty-eight

       Twenty-nine

       Thirty

       Thirty-one

       PART VII

       Thirty-two