Queen of France, Catherine de' Medici would do anything to keep her family in power, including using poison and black magic. A nation-wide killing spree during her rule earned her the name, The Black Queen. But was she really that bad? Gorgeous illustrations and an intelligent, evocative story bring to life a real dastardly dame who fought to keep her children in power, but ended up blackening their names instead.

 

This book was recognised in the Multicultural Nonfiction - Teen category by the Independent Publisher Book Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Goosebottom Books Llc .

Peter Malone has illustrated a number of picture books for Orion. He was commissioned by the Royal Mail for a set of Christmas stamps. He lives in Bath with his wife and two daughters. Janie Havemeyer is an author of books for young readers. She has been a featured author on the Girl Scouts' The Studio. Her two middle grade biographies Catherine de' Medici "The Black Queen" and Njinga "The Warrior Queen" were part of the American Library Association's Top Ten Non-Fiction Series for Youth in 2012. Janie earned a Master's in Education degree from Bank Street College and taught in schools and museums. Janie lives in San Francisco, California.