Afternoon Book Club
Date and Time
Tuesday Aug 20, 2019
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
8/20 at 2:30pm
Location
Lake Bluff Public Library
123 E. Scranton Ave.
Lake Bluff, IL 60044
Fees/Admission
FREE
Contact Information
reference@lakeblufflibrary.org
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Description
August 20: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C. W. Gortner (Fiction, 2011, 416 pages)
The 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 François 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.