Marguerite de Valois

Marguerite de Valois

Original title: The Queen's Necklace

Alexandre Dumas
Author's portrait: Alexandre Dumas

Marguerite de Valois is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas in 1847. The story follows the life of Marguerite de Valois, a French queen and mistress of King Henry IV, from her early years as a young woman to her later years as a powerful and influential figure in French politics. Throughout the novel, Dumas explores themes of love, power, and betrayal, as Marguerite navigates the complexities of royal life and the treacherous political landscape of 17th-century France. Despite facing numerous challenges and setbacks, Marguerite emerges as a...

~1847 CE
Available in: English
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Table of contents   66
# Book Chapter
1 PART I MONSIEUR DE GUISE'S LATIN
2 PART I THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE'S BEDCHAMBER
3 PART I THE POET-KING
4 PART I THE EVENING OF THE 24TH OF AUGUST, 1572
5 PART I OF THE LOUVRE IN PARTICULAR, AND OF VIRTUE IN GENERAL
6 PART I THE DEBT PAID
7 PART I THE NIGHT OF THE 24TH OF AUGUST, 1572
8 PART I THE MASSACRE
9 PART I THE MURDERERS
10 PART I DEATH, MASS, OR THE BASTILLE
11 PART I THE HAWTHORN OF THE CEMETERY OF THE INNOCENTS
12 PART I MUTUAL CONFIDENCES
13 PART I HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR
14 PART I THE SECOND MARRIAGE NIGHT
15 PART I WHAT WOMAN WILLS, GOD WILLS
16 PART I A DEAD ENEMY'S BODY ALWAYS SMELLS SWEET
17 PART I MAITRE AMBROISE PARE'S CONFRERE
18 PART I THE GHOSTS
19 PART I THE ABODE OF MAITRE RENE, PERFUMER TO THE QUEEN MOTHER
20 PART I THE BLACK HENS
21 PART I MADAME DE SAUVE'S APARTMENT
22 PART I "SIRE, YOU SHALL BE KING."
23 PART I A NEW CONVERT
24 PART I THE RUE TIZON AND THE RUE CLOCHE PERCEE
25 PART I THE CHERRY-COLORED CLOAK
26 PART I MARGARITA
27 PART I THE HAND OF GOD
28 PART I THE LETTER FROM ROME
29 PART I THE DEPARTURE
30 PART I MAUREVEL
31 PART I THE HUNT
32 PART II FRATERNITY
33 PART II THE GRATITUDE OF KING CHARLES IX
34 PART II MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES
35 PART II A NIGHT OF KINGS
36 PART II THE ANAGRAM
37 PART II THE RETURN TO THE LOUVRE
38 PART II THE GIRDLE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER
39 PART II PROJECTS OF REVENGE
40 PART II THE ATRIDES
41 PART II THE HOROSCOPE
42 PART II CONFIDENCES
43 PART II THE AMBASSADORS
44 PART II ORESTES AND PYLADES
45 PART II ORTHON
46 PART II THE INN OF LA BELLE ETOILE
47 PART II DE MOUY DE SAINT PHALE
48 PART II TWO HEADS FOR ONE CROWN
49 PART II THE TREATISE ON HUNTING
50 PART II HAWKING
51 PART II THE PAVILION OF FRANCOIS I
52 PART II THE EXAMINATION
53 PART II ACTEON
54 PART II THE FOREST OF VINCENNES
55 PART II THE FIGURE OF WAX
56 PART II THE INVISIBLE BUCKLERS
57 PART II THE JUDGES
58 PART II THE TORTURE OF THE BOOT
59 PART II THE CHAPEL
60 PART II THE PLACE SAINT JEAN EN GREVE
61 PART II THE HEADSMAN'S TOWER
62 PART II THE SWEAT OF BLOOD
63 PART II THE DONJON OF THE PRISON OF VINCENNES
64 PART II THE REGENCY
65 PART II THE KING IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE KING!
66 PART II EPILOGUE

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