Author of she was the quintessential queen: Statuesque, Regal, Dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorio...Author of she was the quintessential queen: Statuesque, Regal, Dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head.