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The classic tale of royal conspiracy and forbidden romance during the sixteenth-century French Wars of Religion by the author of The Three Musketeers.Paris, 1572. For a decade, French Catholics and Protestant Huguenots have been locked in a violent struggle for control of France. Though King Charles IX reigns, it is his mother, Catherine de Medici, who holds sway. In a gesture of peace, Catherine arranges for her daughter Margot to marry the Huguenot king of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon--while sec…
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- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Publisher: OPEN ROAD MEDIA
- Year: 2020
- Pages: 809
- ISBN: 9781504063135
- ISBN-10: 1504063139
- ISBN-13: 9781504063135
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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The classic tale of royal conspiracy and forbidden romance during the sixteenth-century French Wars of Religion by the author of The Three Musketeers.Paris, 1572. For a decade, French Catholics and Protestant Huguenots have been locked in a violent struggle for control of France. Though King Charles IX reigns, it is his mother, Catherine de Medici, who holds sway. In a gesture of peace, Catherine arranges for her daughter Margot to marry the Huguenot king of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon--while secretly arranging the slaughter of thousands of Protestants gathering in Paris to celebrate the wedding.
Caught in the merciless machinery of court intrigue and married to a man she does not love, Margot begins an illicit affair with a Protestant soldier. Written in 1845 and based on true events, this classic historical romance has been adapted into several films, including the Cannes Jury Prize-winning Queen Margot starring Isabelle Adjani and Vincent Perez.
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Publisher: OPEN ROAD MEDIA
- Year: 2020
- Pages: 809
- ISBN: 9781504063135
- ISBN-10: 1504063139
- ISBN-13: 9781504063135
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
The classic tale of royal conspiracy and forbidden romance during the sixteenth-century French Wars of Religion by the author of The Three Musketeers.
Paris, 1572. For a decade, French Catholics and Protestant Huguenots have been locked in a violent struggle for control of France. Though King Charles IX reigns, it is his mother, Catherine de Medici, who holds sway. In a gesture of peace, Catherine arranges for her daughter Margot to marry the Huguenot king of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon--while secretly arranging the slaughter of thousands of Protestants gathering in Paris to celebrate the wedding.
Caught in the merciless machinery of court intrigue and married to a man she does not love, Margot begins an illicit affair with a Protestant soldier. Written in 1845 and based on true events, this classic historical romance has been adapted into several films, including the Cannes Jury Prize-winning Queen Margot starring Isabelle Adjani and Vincent Perez.
Paris, 1572. For a decade, French Catholics and Protestant Huguenots have been locked in a violent struggle for control of France. Though King Charles IX reigns, it is his mother, Catherine de Medici, who holds sway. In a gesture of peace, Catherine arranges for her daughter Margot to marry the Huguenot king of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon--while secretly arranging the slaughter of thousands of Protestants gathering in Paris to celebrate the wedding.
Caught in the merciless machinery of court intrigue and married to a man she does not love, Margot begins an illicit affair with a Protestant soldier. Written in 1845 and based on true events, this classic historical romance has been adapted into several films, including the Cannes Jury Prize-winning Queen Margot starring Isabelle Adjani and Vincent Perez.
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