marguerite de valois ebook

Gloire à Dieu, gloire à la France! En cet heureux jour de la Saint-Barthélemy Marguerite de Valois, qui est la soeur de sa Majesté Charles IX, a épousé en justes noces Henri de Navarre, qui est prince des huguenots français. Alors, est-ce que les batailles entre catholiques et protestants viennent de prendre fin? C’est l’heure est aux réjouissances, à la fraternisation, au bon vin coulant à flots dans...

Alexander Dumas invites us to be guests at this wedding, which will soon be called „bloody”. Just a few days later, a tragedy will occur. Bartholomew’s night will happen, in which many Huguenots, including Admiral de Coligny, are destined to die. What will happen to the young Heinrich of Navarre, will he be able to avoid the fate of his co-religionists? And Margarita, what will be her behavior in the...

Amidst the conspiracy of the Holy League to make the Duke of Anjou king, Bussy d’Amboise falls in love with a lady of the court of Henry III – a lady with a very jealous husband! This sequel to Dumas’ „Marguerite de Valois” begins four years after the sudden death of King Charles IX and succession of his brother Henry III. Bristling with political plots, secret assignations, mysteries, daring escapes,...