About Leonie Frieda
Born 1956. Leonie Frieda is a British translator, biographer, writer and model.
Leonie Frieda (born 1956) is a translator, writer and former model, working and living in the United Kingdom.
Biography Frieda 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)
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British model, translator, writer
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Leonie Frieda was born in 1956.
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Leonie Frieda is a translator, biographer, writer and model.
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Leonie Frieda is British.
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