BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190820T193000Z DTEND:20190820T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Afternoon Book Club DESCRIPTION:August 20: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C. W. Gortner (Fiction\, 2011\, 416 pages)\n\nThe truth is\, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess. So reveals Catherine de Medici\, the last legitimate descendant of her family's illustrious line. Expelled from her native Florence\, Catherine is betrothed to Henri\, son of Fran ois I of France. In an unfamiliar realm\, Catherine strives to create a role for herself through her patronage of the famous clairvoyant Nostradamus and her own innate gift as a seer. But in her fortieth year\, Catherine is widowed\, left alone with six young children in a kingdom torn apart by the ambitions of a treacherous nobility. Relying on her tenacity\, wit\, and uncanny gift for compromise\, Catherine seizes power\, intent on securing the throne for her sons\, unaware that if she is to save France\, she may have to sacrifice her ideals\, her reputation\, and the secret of her embattled heart. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:August 20: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C. W. Gortner (Fiction\, 2011\, 416 pages)
\nThe truth is\, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess. \;So reveals Catherine de Medici\, the last legitimate descendant of her family&rsquo\;s illustrious line. Expelled from her native Florence\, Catherine is betrothed to Henri\, son of Franç\;ois I of France. In an unfamiliar realm\, Catherine strives to create a role for herself through her patronage of the famous clairvoyant Nostradamus and her own innate gift as a seer. But in her fortieth year\, Catherine is widowed\, left alone with six young children in a kingdom torn apart by the ambitions of a treacherous nobility. Relying on her tenacity\, wit\, and uncanny gift for compromise\, Catherine seizes power\, intent on securing the throne for her sons\, unaware that if she is to save France\, she may have to sacrifice her ideals\, her reputation\, and the secret of her embattled heart. LOCATION:Lake Bluff Public Library 123 E. Scranton Ave. Lake Bluff\, IL 60044 UID:e.1126.17998 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260504T162749Z URL:https://business.lflbchamber.com/events/details/afternoon-book-club-08-20-2019-17998 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR