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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.