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Leonie Frieda (born 1956) a former model, translator, and writer, working and living in the United Kingdom.
Biography
She is the daughter of Swedish aristocrats.
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.
Works
- Catherine de Medici (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003)
- The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power, and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance (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.