Catherine de Medicis

And the picture of Catherine de Medicis, prowling “like a wolf among the bodies and the blood,” in a passage of the Louvre — the picture is taken unwittingly from the “Iliad.”

Letters to Dead Authors 2006

Mary had become increasingly aware of the intense scrutiny that Catherine de Medicis turned on all the children, and was relieved to escape it.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

She glanced over at Catherine de Medicis and observed how alive with excitement she was.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

"This one is a copy of one written to Catherine de Medicis this is to her goddaughter, little Marie d'Elboeuf this is to her aunt the Abbess"

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

My family, the Guises, do not have the power they once did in the land, and Catherine de Medicis is cautious and self-seeking.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

Catherine de Medicis was in a perpetual frown and heaviness, her dark eyes looking to something within herself; Elisabeth, only fourteen, was apprehensive about leaving France and becoming the third wife of a man whose other wives had been so short-lived.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

The Italian Woman, Catherine de Medicis my brothers tell me she consults with wizards and necromancers, with anyone who can cure her barrenness.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

Catherine de Medicis, "the Italian Woman," was to be feared, not feted.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

He is even more calculating and slow-moving than Catherine de Medicis, and fancies himself the champion of the Church; now that the Pope has condemned me, he would never lift a finger or a sword or a harquebus to restore me.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

Catherine de Medicis, dressed in a rich green silk dress, looked sour; her brows were drawn up in a straight line, and she kept twisting a handkerchief in her stubby fingers.

Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987