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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read alexandre dumas premium collection 27 novels in one volume. Massacres, conspiracies, clandestine trysts, secret alliances, daring escapes, sumptuous feasts, and duels of wit propel the action in this delightful story of french royalty during the 16th century. Marguerite married the huguenot henry of navarre, who became king henry iv after he converted to catholicism. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. The author alexandre dumas, pere wrote a book about margaret called queen margot. Alexandre dumas premium collection 27 novels in one volume. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Queen margot is a historical novel written in 1845 by alexandre dumas, pere. The three musketeers series, the marie antoinette novels, the count of monte cristo, the valois trilogy and more illustrated.
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Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Mobileread forums e book uploads patricia clark memorial library offline kindle books offline. Margaret of valois may 14, 1553 may 27, 1615 was a princess of france and a member of the house of valois her father was henry ii of france and her mother was catherine of medici. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. Alexandre dumas books biography and list of works author. Download queen margot audiobook by alexandre dumas. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Marguerite, queen, consort of henry iv, king of france, 15531615. Marguerite went into the chamber, and closing the closet door, opened that of the passage which led to the kings and queen mothers apartments. Previous part 2 next part 4 send some one to acquaint us with the crime for which we were kept in confinement. Alluding to the differences betwixt marguerite and henri, her husband. Released to coincide with the new miramac film starring isabelle adjani, this is the classic novel unavailable for over 25 years.
Neither the best nor the worst of times, it was a period of religious wars, in this case between catholics and huguenots. Help me to lift him, gillonne, said queen marguerite. Download or stream queen margot by alexandre dumas. Margaret of valois simple english wikipedia, the free. This is a novel about french royalty, so it has a lot of political and erotic intrigue and a lot of food. This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. This note regards alexandre dumas, pere, the father of alexandre. Feb 29, 2016 download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read alexandre dumas premium collection 27 novels in one volume. Set in the second half of the 16 century, this book tells the story of the royal family of france during and a little after the bloody massacre of. Read by simon vance alexandre dumas brings an extraordinary period of history to life in this. The poetking the evening of the 24th of august, 1572 of the louvre in particular, and of virtue in general the.
Set in france in 1572, during the height of catholicprotestant wars, the story tells of conspiracies, plots, trysts, murders, poisonings and love. Read in english by john van stan a historical fiction novel set in paris 1572 during charles ixs reign and the french wars of religion. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the worlds greatest and bestloved storytellers. Alexandre dumas biography and list of works alexandre dumas books. An hour after the double scene we have just related, king charles and the queen mother retired to their apartments.
Alexandre dumas premium collection 27 novels in one. She was also the sister of francis ii of france, charles iv of france and henry iii of france. Margaret of valois 15531615, queen consort of navarre and later also of france. This antiquarian book contains alexandre dumass work joan of naples. Its a history novel about one of the famous queens of france. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. In giving my sister margot to henry of navarre, i give my sister to all the protestants. Alexandre dumas 18021870 a historical fiction novel set in paris 1572 during charles ixs reign and the french wars of religion. Staking all on love and losing, sheremains defiant in defeat.
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