Book description
Winter, 1564. Beautiful young Princess Margot is summoned to the court of France, where nothing is what it seems and a wrong word can lead to ruin. Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Margot's intimidating mother, Queen Catherine de Médicis, is a powerful force in a country devastated by…
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This book took me to France of the 16th century (1560s) with all its romance, political intrigue, and heartbreak. Marguerite de Valois (Princess Margot), daughter of Catherine de Medici and King Henri II of France, is in love with the charismatic Duc de Guise. But the daughter of royalty is always a political pawn. And sure enough, she is offered in marriage to Henri of Navarre, a Huguenot leader, who becomes King of Navarre and later King of France as Henri IV.
I was horrified when religious tension between the Catholics and the Huguenots erupted into the St. Bartholomew’s Day…
From Peggy's list on court life in pre-revolutionary France.
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