Queen Margot - Alexandre Dumas
Category: Novel
Tags: Novel, Historical Fiction, Literature
Queen Margot By: Alexandre Dumas Narrated by: Robert Whitfield Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 20-10-2000 Language: English Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., The last years of King Charles IXs reign in France were dominated by religious wars between Catholics and Protestants. Queen Margot begins in 1572 with the marriage of Marguerite de Valois to Henri de Navarre. Marguerite is King Charles sister and the daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, all firm Catholics. Henri de Navarre is a Protestant who later will become the beloved King Henri IV. Several important political events have led up to this marriage including the mysterious murder of Henri de Navarres mother, cleverly plotted by Catherine de Medici. The wedding brings noblemen from all over the world to Paris resulting in the notorious Saint Bartholomew Massacre, where thousands of Protestants are killed. In this inventive and compelling novel, Dumas brings an extraordinary period of history
