Kings and Queens of France[edit] Book 1 (98798 AD. ), a new historical "scribbler" from Alexandra Marinina . This time it was French.... Paris, Versailles, brilliant kings, audacious queens, graceful ladies and brave musketeers … Well, which of us since childhood was not fascinated by France and its history! With a special "Marininist" humor, the book tells the story of French kings from Hugo Capet, the founder of the Capetian dynasty to Charles the Eighth of the Valois dynasty . You will know what kind of people they were, with what talents and shortcomings, what hopes and dreams they lived. This text is not a textbook, it is not the truth in the last resort, you can surely find errors and inaccuracies in it. But if you double-check what you write, you will find my "shoes", I will be only happy, because this means that you became interested, and you wanted to know a little more. Well, You will also enjoy ,. They are more intelligent than the author ,. and any positive emotions are always useful! ALEXANDRA MARININAThe book contains quotations from the works of professional historians and famous writers , however, the author deliberately avoids the use of footnotes indicating the year of publication and page number, so that the text does not look "scientific" .