Queen Margot

Alexandre Dumas

⏱ 8 minHistorical classic

A royal wedding meant to reconcile Catholic and Protestant France erupts six days later into the Massacre of St Bartholomew. Through the blood moves the beautiful, clever Queen Margot, her forbidden love, and the poison plots of Catherine de' Medici. Dumas's darkest historical romance.

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