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Title: Marguerite de Valois

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Release Date: September 2, 2010 [EBook #33609]

Language: English

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MARGUERITE DE
VALOIS BY ALEXANDRE
DUMAS....

NEW YORK, THOMAS Y.
CROWELL & COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1900,
BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MONSIEUR DE GUISE'S LATIN 1

II. THE QUEEN OF NAVARRE'S BEDCHAMBER. 13

III. THE POET-KING 25

IV. THE EVENING OF THE 24TH OF AUGUST, 1572 36

V. OF THE LOUVRE IN PARTICULAR, AND OF VIRTUE IN GENERAL 44

VI. THE DEBT PAID 53

VII. THE NIGHT OF THE 24TH OF AUGUST, 1572 64

VIII. THE MASSACRE 78

IX. THE MURDERERS 89

X. DEATH, MASS, OR THE BASTILLE 102

XI. THE HAWTHORN OF THE CEMETERY OF THE INNOCENTS 114

XII. MUTUAL CONFIDENCES 125

XIII. HOW THERE ARE KEYS WHICH OPEN DOORS THEY ARE NOT MEANT FOR 132

XIV. THE SECOND MARRIAGE NIGHT 142

XV. WHAT WOMAN WILLS, GOD WILLS 150

XVI. A DEAD ENEMY'S BODY ALWAYS SMELLS SWEET 164

XVII. MAITRE AMBROISE PARE'S CONFRERE 176

XVIII. THE GHOSTS 183

XIX. THE ABODE OF MAITRE RENE, PERFUMER TO THE QUEEN MOTHER 193

XX. THE BLACK HENS 204

XXI.