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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Marguerite de Valois](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqntj8swsakpd82e7y75r3c5/editions/2026-09-06-html-v1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261001%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261001T020036Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=1077555ceac4afd0ac97266bfe0250baf7668c0b0919364d3561046aec8320b2) ## About this work Paris, August 1572. The Louvre blazes with ceremony as Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Henry II, marries Henry of Navarre. Yet beneath the splendour of the royal festival, the city seethes with suspicion, religious conflict, and schemes of revenge. Around the new queen gather courtiers, princes, soldiers, lovers, and conspirators—each guarding secrets, testing loyalties, and seeking advantage in a court where a word, a disguise, or a hidden key may decide a life. As the marriage binds together rival worlds, the violence of Saint Bartholomew’s Day transforms celebration into terror. Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet bring the sixteenth-century French court to vivid, tumultuous life, tracing Marguerite’s courage and intelligence amid shifting alliances, imprisonment, political calculation, and forbidden affection. Rich in atmosphere and dramatic incident, Marguerite de Valois is a sweeping historical novel of power, peril, and survival. This Publica.now Classics edition includes a new typographic cover and publisher opening and closing pages. Sample ## Take a look inside Copyright, 1900, By THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.Monsieur de Guise's Latin1 II.The Queen of Navarre's Bedchamber.13 III.The Poet-king25 IV.The Evening of the 24th of August, 157236 V.Of the Louvre in Particular, and Of Virtue in General44 VI.The Debt Paid53 VII.The Night of the 24th of August, 157264 VIII.The Massacre78 IX.The Murderers89 X.Death, Mass, Or the Bastille102 XI.The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of The Innocents114 XII.Mutual Confidences125 XIII.How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant for132 XIV.The Second Marriage Night142 XV.What Woman Wills, God Wills150 XVI.A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet164 XVII.Maître Ambroise Paré's Confrère176 XVIII.The Ghosts183 XIX.The Abode of Maître Réné, Perfumer To the Queen Mother193 XX.The Black Hens204 XXI.Madame de Sauve's Apartment210 XXII."sire, You Shall Be King"219 XXIII.A New Convert224 XXIV.The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percée236 XXV.The Cherry-colored Cloak248 XXVI.Margarita257 XXVII.The Hand of God263 XXVIII.The Letter From Rome268 XXIX.The Departure274 XXX.Maurevel280 XXXI.The Hunt284 XXXII.Fraternity293 XXXIII.The Gratitude of King Charles IX300 XXXIV.Man Proposes But God Disposes306 XXXV.A Night of Kings316 XXXVI.The Anagram324 XXXVII.The Return To the Louvre329 XXXVIII.The Girdle of the Queen Mother340 XXXIX.Projects of Revenge348 XL.The Atrides362 XLI.The Horoscope372 XLII.Confidences379 XLIII.The Ambassadors389 XLIV.Orestes and Pylades395 XLV.Orthon404 XLVI.The Inn of la Belle Étoile415 XLVII.De Mouy de Saint Phale423 XLVIII.Two Heads for One Crown430 XLIX.The Treatise on Hunting441 L.Hawking448 LI.The Pavilion of François I456 LII.The Examination464 LIII.Actéon473 LIV.The Forest of Vincennes479 LV.The Figure of Wax486 LVI.The Invisible Bucklers497 LVII.The Judges503 LVIII.The Torture of the Boot512 LIX.The Chapel520 LX.The Place Saint Jean En Grève525 LXI.The Headsman's Tower530 LXII.The Sweat of Blood538 LXIII.The Donjon of the Prison of Vincennes542 LXIV.The Regency547 LXV.The King Is Dead! Long Live The King!551 LXVI.Epilogue556 MARGUERITE DE VALOIS. CHAPTER I. MONSIEUR DE GUISE'S LATIN. On Monday, the 18th of August, 1572, there was a splendid festival at the… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fmarguerite-de-valois) The sample continues in the full work. 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