Marguerite de Valois
by Alexandre DUMAS (1802 - 1870)
A historical fiction novel set in Paris (1572) during Charles IX's reign and the French Wars of Religion. Marguerite de Valois, daughter of deceased Henry II, is the novel's protagonist set against the infamous schemes of the Catholic power player, Catherine de Medici. - Summary by Publisher
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Marguerite de Valois:
A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet ,
A New Convert ,
A Night of Kings ,
Acteon ,
Confidences ,
De Mouy de Saint Phale ,
Death, Mass, or the Bastille ,
Epilogue ,
Fraternity ,
Hawking ,
How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant For ,
Madame de Sauve's Apartment ,
Maitre Ambroise Pare's Confrere ,
Man Proposes But God Disposes ,
Margarita ,
Maurevel ,
Mutual Confidences ,
Of the Louvre in Particular, and of Virtue in General ,
Orestes and Plyades ,
Orthon ,
Projects of Revenge ,
"Sire, You Shall be King" ,
The Abode of Maitre Rene, Perfumer to the Queen Mother ,
The Ambassadors ,
The Anagram ,
The Atrides ,
The Black Hens ,
The Chapel ,
The Cherry-Colored Cloak ,
The Debt Paid ,
The Departure ,
The Donjon of the Prison of Vincennes ,
The Evening of the 24th of August, 1572 ,
The Examination ,
The Figure of Wax ,
The Forest of Vincennes ,
The Ghosts ,
The Girdle of the Queen Mother ,
The Gratitude of King Charles IX ,
The Hand of God ,
The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of the Innocents ,
The Headsman's Tower ,
The Horoscope ,
The Hunt ,
The Inn of la Belle Etoile ,
The Invisible Bucklers ,
The Judges ,
The King is Dead! Long Love the King! ,
The Letter from Rome ,
The Massacre ,
The Murderers ,
The Night of the 24th of August, 1572 ,
The Pavilion of Francois I ,
The Place Saint Jean en Greve ,
The Poet-King ,
The Regency ,
The Return to the Louvre ,
The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percee ,
The Second Marriage Night ,
The Sweat of Blood ,
The Torture of the Boot ,
The Treatise on Hunting ,
Two Heads for One Crown ,
What Woman Wills, God Wills