Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas, père

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Marguerite de Valois


Marguerite de Valois

By Alexandre Dumas

1845

Translated by Sydney Fowler Wright, 1946

Copyright unrenewed.


CONTENTS

I A HUSBAND SHE DOES NOT WANT

II OF HENRY AND MARGUERITE

III THE KING IS A POET

IV THE EVE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW

V AT THE LOUVRE

VI CATHERINE DE MEDICI SEES THE KING

VII MASSACRE

VIII THE SLAYERS AND THE SLAIN

IX HOW COCONNAS PAID HIS DEBT

X DEATH OR THE MASS

XI FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED

XII THE FRIENDS CONFIDE

XIII A KEY TO MORE DOORS THAN ONE

XIV BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

XV WHAT WOMAN WILLS, HEAVEN DECREES

XVI SWEET IS THE BODY OF A DEAD FOE

XVII THE DRAUGHT OF AN UNKNOWN DOCTOR

XVIII A CALL ON THE EXECUTIONER

XIX INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN-MOTHER'S PERFUMIER

XX THE QUEEN-MOTHER READS THE FUTURE

XXI POISON

XXII YOU WILL BE KING

XXIII A NEW CONVERT

XXIV CONCERNING A HOUSE IN TWO STREETS

XXV THE WEARER OF THE RED CLOAK

XXVI MARGUERITE MAKES A PROMISE

XXVII CATHERINE'S PLAN FAILS

XXVIII A LETTER FROM ROME

XXIX A WARRANT OF ARREST

XXX MAUREVEL'S ORDERS

XXXI THE BOAR HUNT

XXXII CONCERNING BROTHERLY LOVE

XXXIII THE GRATITUDE OF THE KING

XXXIV MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES

XXXV THE SIEGE

XXXVI MARIE TOUCHET AND THE KING

XXXVII BACK IN THE LOUVRE

XXXVIII SUGGESTION OF THE QUEEN-MOTHER

XXIX PLANS FOR REVENGE

XL THE ATRIDES

XLI THE HOROSCOPE OF THE KING

XLII CONFIDENCES

XLIII THE POLES ASK FOR ANJOU

XLIV THE INSEPARA

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