The Duc de Guise escorted his sister-inlaw, the Duchess de Nevers, to her hôtel in the Rue du Chaume, facing the Rue de Brac, and after he had put her into the hands of her women, he went to his own apartment to change his dress, put on a night cloak, and armed himself with one of those short, keen poniards which are called ' foi de gentilhomme,' and were worn without swords but as he took it off the table on which it lay, he perceived a small billet between the blade and the scabbard. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572, assassinating many of the most wealthy and prominent Huguenots who were in the largely-Catholic city of Paris to escort the Protestant prince to his wedding…Īlexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. At the same time, Catherine schemes to bring about the notorious St. Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering up Margot in marriage to prominent Huguenot and King of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon, a marriage that was supposed to cement the hard-fought Peace of Saint-Germain. The novel's protagonist is Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of the deceased Henry II and the infamous scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Medici. The story is based on real characters and events. Queen Margot is a historical novel set in Paris in August 1572 during the reign of Charles IX.

Queen Margot by Alexandre Dumas