Marguerite de Valois (eBook, ePUB) - Dumas, Alexandre
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First published in 1845, this novel is set in Paris in August 1572, during the reign of Charles IX and the French Wars of Religion. The novel’s protagonist is Marguerite de Valois, daughter of the deceased Henry II and the infamous scheming Catholic power player Catherine de’ Medici. Although Marguerite herself is excluded from the throne by the Salic Law, her marriage to a Protestant prince offers a chance for domestic reconciliation during the late 16th century reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX, a time when Catholics are vying for political control of France with the…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
First published in 1845, this novel is set in Paris in August 1572, during the reign of Charles IX and the French Wars of Religion. The novel’s protagonist is Marguerite de Valois, daughter of the deceased Henry II and the infamous scheming Catholic power player Catherine de’ Medici.
Although Marguerite herself is excluded from the throne by the Salic Law, her marriage to a Protestant prince offers a chance for domestic reconciliation during the late 16th century reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX, a time when Catholics are vying for political control of France with the French Protestants, the Huguenots. Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering up Marguerite in marriage to prominent Huguenot and King of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon, although she also schemes to bring about the notorious St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572, when thousands of Protestants are slaughtered. The marriage goes ahead but Marguerite, who does not love Henri, begins a passionate affair with the soldier La Mole, also a Protestant from a well-to-do family. Murders by poisoning follow, as court intrigues multiply and Queen Catherine’s villainous plotting to place her son, the future Henry III on the throne threatens the lives of La Mole, Marguerite and Henri.
Autorenporträt
French author and playwright Alexandre Dumas fils is best known for his romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), published in 1848. Giuseppe Verdi adapted it into his opera La traviata (The Fallen Woman), which debuted in 1853. Other notable works by Dumas fils include a number of stage and film adaptations, which are usually titled Camille in English-language adaptations. The playwright Alexandre Dumas père ("father"), the author of classic works including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, was the father of Dumas fils (French for "son"). Dumas fils received the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) in 1894 after being accepted into the Académie française (French Academy) in 1874. The illegitimate child of tailor Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay (1794-1868) and novelist Alexandre Dumas, Dumas was born in Paris, France. His father gave him official recognition in 1831 and made sure the young Dumas attended the Collège Bourbon and the Institution Goubaux for the greatest education available. The elder Dumas was then permitted by law to remove the child from his mother. The younger Dumas was driven to write about sad female characters by her anguish.