The Serpent Queen. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2002 book, Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
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Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
Leonie Frieda, 2002
TV series vs book
Stacie Passon, 2022

The series follows Catherine de’ Medici, who marries into the French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring in a fortune in dowry and produce heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman and that she cannot conceive children. She manages to keep her marriage going, and rule France for thirty years.


SAS: Red Notice. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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SAS: Red Notice
Andy McNab, 2012
movie vs book
Magnus Martens, 2021

A Special Forces operator, Tom Buckingham, takes his girlfriend, Dr. Sophie Hart, on a romantic train journey from London to Paris where he intends to propose to her. But an army of mercenaries lead by Grace Lewis hijack their train while it is en route in the Channel Tunnel, seizing all of the passengers on board it at gunpoint.