[Catherine 03] • Belle Catherine

"...she will be beautiful enough to make a man die of love..."

Violet-eyed Catherine -- born to the violence, terror and sensuality of the Hundred Years War -- knew well the madness of the masses. She had seen them sack the Dauphin's palace, destroy her own home and kill her father, a Parisian goldsmith. By the age of 12 she was a refugee in the Beggars' Kingdom under the protective custody of a gypsy named Sara.

At 21 a golden-haired woman of tantalizing and dangerous beauty, she attracts the attention of Philippe of Burgundy and finds herself in the center of royal politics and intrigue--and one step further into the destiny foreseen by the gypsy so long ago.