Diane de Poitiers --
A Portrait in Black and White
EXPECTED PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 2009
The story of Diane de Poitiers and Henri II is one of the most fascinating
of the French Renaissance, and the
most fascinating love story of all history.
When Diane de Poitiers was born, an old woman
of the village of Saint-Vallier predicted that her star would rise higher than a Queen.
Whether truth or legend, and we suspect the latter, how true those words would be...
Like her trademark colours of black and white,
Diane was a woman of many contrasts.
She was gentle and kind, yet a relentless persecutor of the Protestants.
She was generous, yet ruthless in her accumulation of wealth.
She was a fallen woman, yet she was a goddess on a pedestal.
She was a mourning widow, yet she was the mistress of the King.
She was powerful, yet she was vulnerable.
She was loved by many, yet she also hated by just as many.
