Nancy Goldstone is the author of seven books, including IN THE SHADOW OF THE EMPRESS: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters; DAUGHTERS OF THE WINTER QUEEN: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots; THE RIVAL QUEENS: Catherine de’ Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom; and FOUR QUEENS: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe. She has also co-authored five books with her husband, Lawrence Goldstone. She lives in Sagaponack, New York.

Books by Nancy Goldstone

The Lady Queen

by Nancy Goldstone

In 1348, at the age of twenty-two, Joanna I, the queen of Naples, stood trial before the pope, accused of murdering her cousin and husband, Hungarian prince Andrew. Arguing her own case in Latin, she won her acquittal, and went on to become the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name—until she herself was murdered.

Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe

by Nancy Goldstone