Leonie Frieda
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Leonie Frieda (born 1956) a former model, translator, and writer, working and living in the United Kingdom.
She is the daughter of Swedish aristocrats.[1]
Educated in the UK, France and Germany, Frieda speaks five languages. Her first book was a biography of Catherine de' Medici. Published in 2003, it became a bestseller. Frieda has also made documentaries for TV.
She lives in London with her two children by her former husband, music producer Nigel Frieda.[citation needed]
Works
- Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003)
- Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, 1427-1527 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2012)
- Francis I: The Maker of Modern France (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018)
References
- ^ Godwin, Richard (23 November 2012). "London Evening Standard". Leonie Frieda: I should have died from the overdose that put me in a coma but it wasn't my time to go. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
External links
- Official website