Showing results for "Margot" in Historical Fiction

ACTION, INTRIGUES, COMPLOTS, AMOURS : UN RÉCIT FOUGUEUX AUX MILLES PÉRIPÉTIES. Paris, 1572. Dans une époque secouée par les guerres de religion, le jeune roi protestant de Navarre épouse Marguerite de Valois, dite Margot. C'est un mariage purement politique qui a pour objectif d'établir durablement la paix entre protestants et catholiques. Les chefs du parti huguenot sont réunis à Paris pour les noces lorsque qu'éclate le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy, fomenté par les Guise et le roi Charles IX.

La Reine Margot is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder, and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action, and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of...

Alexandre Dumas brings an extraordinary period of history to life in this exciting period romance. It is the twilight of the reign of King Charles IX, and France is dominated by religious wars between Catholics and Protestants. King Charles' sister, Marguerite, daughter of staunch Catholics...

When Marin Halvorsen returns to her family’s farmhouse after years away, she expects to say goodbye to her dying mother and settle the future of the property. Instead, she finds a mystery. Hidden ledgers. Torn pages. Unfamiliar names. Photographs of strangers standing beside the old farmhouse decades ago. As Marin and her brothers Elias and Rowan begin searching through the house their father left behind, they uncover evidence that the farm was far more than a quiet family home. For years, people came to the Halvorsen property seeking refuge. Someone helped them disappear.

Es ist die Nacht zum 24. August 1572. Anlässlich der Hochzeit von Henri von Navarre mit Marguerite, der Schwester König Karl IX, sind Tausende von Hugenotten nach Paris gekommen. Doch Katharina von Medici, die Königinmutter, spinnt im Hintergrund die Fäden, und so wird diese Nacht zum blutigen Gemetzel an den Hugenotten. In diesem Durcheinander lernen sich die Edelmänner Hannibal de Coconnas und La Môle kennen, Katholik der eine, Hugenotte der andere.