Frédégonde, la sanguinaire #2

Part of Delcourt's "Les Reines de Sang" series, this second and concluding volume brings the story of Frédégonde the Bloodthirsty to its dramatic close. The cover, by Greiner and De Vincenzi, presents the Frankish queen in commanding close-up — draped in rich crimson and green robes, her long flowing hair crowned with a golden diadem she raises to her own head in a gesture of absolute, self-assured authority. It's a striking portrait of a woman who seized power on her own terms, and a fitting capstone to one of history's most formidable medieval queens.