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Anne Thériault

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Queens of Infamy: The Rise of Catherine de’ Medici

by Anne Thériault September 27, 2018October 18, 2022

Kings and popes thought she was their pawn. The Merchant’s Daughter begged to differ.

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Queens of Infamy: Joanna of Naples

by Anne Thériault July 3, 2018October 18, 2022

If you thought four (mostly) crappy husbands, vengeful Hungarian cousins, and the Black Death could cramp this queen’s style, think again.

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Queens of Infamy: Anne Boleyn

by Anne Thériault May 25, 2018October 18, 2022

In Tudor England’s big-sleeved game of thrones, winning and dying were not mutually exclusive.

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Queens of Infamy: Eleanor of Aquitaine

by Anne Thériault April 4, 2018October 18, 2022

Life gets busy when you have empires to build and marriages to annul.

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