Bitesize Biographies - Renee of France

Book Description:

Renee of France is little known today, but this fascinating and often controversial woman was a correspondent of Calvin. She loved the Reformation, but in sixteenth century Italy such a position could not be lightly held. Add in a husband (the Duke of Ferrara) who served the pope and was determined to oppose Renee, plus the complexity and intrigues of Italian society of the time, and you have all the ingredients for a gripping biography.

Author:

Simonetta Carr was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Besides her busy job as a mother of eight, she has written for several newspapers and magazines and has translated the works of several Christian authors into Italian. She is author of the series, Christian Biographies for Young Readers and of the fictionalized biography Weight of a Flame The Passion of Olympia Morata.
She lives in Santee, California, with her husband Thomas and family, and is a member and Sunday school teacher at Christ United Reformed Church in Santee, CA.