Had a bit of fun imagining what it would be like to be shopping for Queen Catherine de Médicis this Mother’s Day.

Poor Princess Margot—Catherine’s youngest daughter and the main character in my novel Médicis Daughter: A Novel of Marguerite de Valois! I mean the mother-daughter relationship is always somewhat perilous. But when your mom is Catherine de Médicis the peril isn’t just emotional, it can rather quickly turn deadly.

ENJOY! And maybe consider giving your mother a book this Mother’s Day 😉