Marguerite de Valois: An Historical Novel

by Alexandre Dumas, S Fowler Wright (Translator)

Overview

In 1570s France, young King Charles IX is dominated by his mother, Queen Catherine de Medici. Catherine engineers the massacre of the Huguenot (Protestant) leaders, and also seeks to kill King Henry of Navarre, the leader of that faction, and the third in line to the French throne. But Henry proves to be a man of resourcefulness, intelligence, political savvy--and just plain luck! First-rate action and intrigue fill this intense political drama.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781434411884
Publisher:	Borgo Press
Publication date:	10/11/2010
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

One of the most widely read French authors famed for his historical fiction of high adventure, Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) wrote more than a hundred plays and novels, including the famous Three Musketeers trilogy, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask. His books have been translated into more than 100 languages.

Table of Contents

I.	M. De Guise's Latin	1
II.	Henry of Navarre and Marguerite	13
III.	The Poet-King	25
IV.	The Evening of the 24th of August, 1572	36
V.	Of the Louvre in Particular, and of Virtue in General	44
VI.	The Debt Paid	51
VII.	The Night of the 24th of August, 1572	62
VIII.	The Victims	76
IX.	The Murderers	86
X.	Death, Mass, or the Bastille	99
XI.	The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of the Innocents	112
XII.	Mutual Confidence	122
XIII.	How there are Keys that Open Doors they are not Meant for	129
XIV.	Catherine and Marguerite	139
XV.	What Woman Wills, Heaven Wills also	149
XVI.	The Body of a Dead Enemy Always Smells Sweet	163
XVII.	The Rival of Maitre Ambroise Pare	173
XVIII.	The Visit	179
XIX.	The Abode of Maitre Rene, Perfumer to the Queen-Mother	183
XX.	The Black Hens	194
XXI.	Madame de Sauve's Chamber	201
XXII.	"Sire, you will be King!"	210
XXIII.	A New Convert	215
XXIV.	The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche-Percee	227
XXV.	Cherry Mantle	237
XXVI.	Marguerite	245
XXVII.	The Hand of Providence	250
XXVIII.	The Letter from Rome	256
XXIX.	The Departure	260
XXX.	Maurevel	265
XXXI.	The Boar-Hunt	269
XXXII.	Fraternity	276
XXXIII.	The Gratitude of King Charles the Ninth	283
XXXIV.	Man Proposes, but God Disposes	288
XXXV.	The Two Kings	297
XXXVI.	Marie Touchet	303
XXXVII.	The Return to the Louvre	307
XXXVIII.	Interrogatories	316
XXXIX.	Projects of Vengeance	323
XL.	The Atrides	333
XLI.	The Horoscope	343
XLII.	Mutual Confidences	349
XLIII.	The Ambassadors	358
XLIV.	Orestes and Pylades	363
XLV.	Orthon	370
XLVI.	The Hostelry of "La Belle Etoile"	382
XLVII.	De Mouy de Saint-Phale	389
XLVIII.	Two Heads for One Crown	396
XLIX.	The Book of Venerie	405
L.	The Hawking Party	411
LI.	The Pavilion of Francois the First	417
LII.	The Examinations	422
LIII.	Actaeon	432
LIV.	Vincennes	439
LV.	The Figure of Wax	444
LVI.	The Invisible Bucklers	452
LVII.	The Trial	457
LVIII.	The Torture of the Boot	466
LIX.	The Chapel	472
LX.	The Place Saint-Jean-en-Greve	477
LXI.	The Headman's Tower	482
LXII.	The Sweat of Blood	490
LXIII.	The Platform of the Donjon at Vincennes	494
LXIV.	The Regency	497
LXV.	The King is Dead! God Save the King!	500
LXVI.	Epilogue	504