Serpent Queen – Venomous Power Grab
Based on Leonie Frieda’s 2004 biography, Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France, Serpent Queen, a Starz mini-series, follows Catherine de Medici (Samantha Morton). We first see her as a teenager unexpectedly orphaned by a series of unfortunate events. That her bloodline is from the renowned and extremely wealthy Medici family results in treacherous schemes. Catherine escapes an oppressive Florentine convent to rise as the imperial mastermind of the French Valois court in 1547. Her reign survives for over forty years.
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