"Queen Margot" ("La Reine Margot", 1845) - one of the best novels of Alexander Dumas (1802-1870), which has long become a classic of historical and adventure literature. "Queen Margot" opens the famous "Trilogy of Valois" about the era of kings Charles IX and Henry III of the Valois dynasty and Henry Bourbon, king of Navarre (the future king of France Henry IV), which continues the novels "Graphine de Monsoro" and "Forty-five" 1572 France is ruled by Catholic King Charles IX of Valois To reconcile Catholics with Huguenots (French Protestants), Charles IX impersonates his sister, Marguerite of Valois, as Henry of Navarre, the Huguenot leader. At the wedding in Paris attracts all the colors of the French nobility, Catholics and Huguenots But the confrontation between Catholics and Huguenots does not subside; meanwhile, the feast of St. Bartholomew comes, and after it the bloody "Bartholomew's Night" .. The first steps to the French throne of the young Henry Bourbon, king of the tiny Navarre; the tragic love of Queen Margot, who reluctantly became a participant in other people's political games; court life with its conspiracies and secrets; the terrible events of Bartholomew's Night form the canvas of this fascinating book Translated by Evgeny Korsh, illustrated by artists P. G. Perrichon, Eugene Mouard .