From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion
the staff is ignoring her
Durka is more than a beneficent force in their Bronx neighborhood
But the life she left behind in the catacombs is catching up with her
With infection rates spiking and more people dying every day
YOUNG QUEENS COLOR:Book From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authorOrphaned from infancy, Catherine de' Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power behind the French throne during a period of intense civil strife. In 1546, Catherine gave birth to a daughter, Elisabeth de Valois, who would become Queen of Spain. Two years later, Catherine welcomed to her nursery the beguiling young Mary Queen of Scots, who would later become her daughter in law.