Plaidy’s Catherine was a more sympathetic figure. By its nature as a historical novel, combining historical facts with artistic license, it was fascinating to see the different personality traits that Plaidy emphasised in the historical figures. It treads much of the same ground as Dumas’ La Reine Margot but it was intriguing to read as it highlighted some characters that were not so prominent in Dumas and relegated characters with greater roles in Dumas to the background. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, one of the key events in Huguenot history where more than 30,000 Protestants were murdered by Catholics. It deals with the twilight years of the queen’s life, including the St. Queen Jezebel is the third novel in a trilogy about Catherine de Medici. It is hardly a surprise, with Plaidy being one of the UK’s most widely read novelists, publishing over 200 titles that sold worldwide. One of the group, Lesley, told us: “I got all my history from Jean Plaidy”. January’s Book Club pick was Jean Plaidy’s Queen Jezebel.Ī lighter read than our previous book (Dumas’ La Reine Margo), Plaidy was also more widely read by our members.
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