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
Chapters
1 Monsieur de Guise's Latin 28 min 2 The Queen of Navarre's Bedchamber 24 min 3 The Poet-King 25 min 4 The Evening of the 24th of August, 1572 17 min 5 Of the Louvre in Particular, and of Virtue in General 19 min 6 The Debt Paid 22 min 7 The Night of the 24th of August, 1572 30 min 8 The Massacre 22 min 9 The Murderers 28 min 10 Death, Mass, or the Bastille 28 min 11 The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of the Innocents 23 min 12 Mutual Confidences 16 min 13 How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant For 22 min 14 The Second Marriage Night 19 min 15 What Woman Wills, God Wills 32 min 16 A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet 26 min 17 Maitre Ambroise Pare's Confrere 16 min 18 The Ghosts 20 min 19 The Abode of Maitre Rene, Perfumer to the Queen Mother 26 min 20 The Black Hens 15 min 21 Madame de Sauve's Apartment 20 min 22 Sire, You Shall be King 12 min 23 A New Convert 27 min 24 The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percee 25 min 25 The Cherry-Colored Cloak 21 min 26 Margarita 16 min 27 The Hand of God 12 min 28 The Letter from Rome 13 min 29 The Departure 12 min 30 Maurevel 10 min 31 The Hunt 18 min 32 Fraternity 16 min 33 The Gratitude of King Charles IX 14 min 34 Man Proposes But God Disposes 22 min 35 A Night of Kings 16 min 36 The Anagram 12 min 37 The Return to the Louvre 22 min 38 The Girdle of the Queen Mother 19 min 39 Projects of Revenge 28 min 40 The Atrides 23 min 41 The Horoscope 16 min 42 Confidences 22 min 43 The Ambassadors 14 min 44 Orestes and Plyades 18 min 45 Orthon 23 min 46 The Inn of la Belle Etoile 18 min 47 De Mouy de Saint Phale 14 min 48 Two Heads for One Crown 24 min 49 The Treatise on Hunting 15 min 50 Hawking 18 min 51 The Pavilion of Francois I 16 min 52 The Examination 20 min 53 Acteon 14 min 54 The Forest of Vincennes 14 min 55 The Figure of Wax 24 min 56 The Invisible Bucklers 14 min 57 The Judges 20 min 58 The Torture of the Boot 18 min 59 The Chapel 10 min 60 The Place Saint Jean en Greve 11 min 61 The Headsman's Tower 19 min 62 The Sweat of Blood 10 min 63 The Donjon of the Prison of Vincennes 10 min 64 The Regency 10 min 65 The King is Dead! Long Love the King! 12 min 66 Epilogue 17 min
