Reign

PEOPLE

Catherine de Medici played the game of thrones better than anyone in history—yet few people know this ruthless queen's dark history.

PEOPLE

It’s wrong to cast Catherine de Medici (b. 1519-d. 1589) as just a Machiavellian matriarch whose ambition eclipsed her children’s happiness… but it’s equally wrong to paint her as a passive pawn of circumstance. Scandal...



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