Table of Chapters

Every Chapter, In Order

Paris, 1572 — a royal wedding, a massacre, and a queen caught between two worlds, in sixty-six chapters.

I
Monsieur de Guise's Latin
Chapter I
II
The Queen of Navarre's Bedchamber
Chapter II
III
The Poet-king
Chapter III
IV
The Evening of the 24TH of August, 1572
Chapter IV
V
Of the Louvre in Particular, and of Virtue in General
Chapter V
VI
The Debt Paid
Chapter VI
VII
The Night of the 24TH of August, 1572
Chapter VII
VIII
The Massacre
Chapter VIII
IX
The Murderers
Chapter IX
X
Death, Mass, or the Bastille
Chapter X
XI
The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of the Innocents
Chapter XI
XII
Mutual Confidences
Chapter XII
XIII
How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant for
Chapter XIII
XIV
The Second Marriage Night
Chapter XIV
XV
What Woman Wills, God Wills
Chapter XV
XVI
A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet
Chapter XVI
XVII
Maitre Ambroise Pare's Confrere
Chapter XVII
XVIII
The Ghosts
Chapter XVIII
XIX
The Abode of Maitre Rene, Perfumer to the Queen Mother
Chapter XIX
XX
The Black Hens
Chapter XX
XXI
Madame de Sauve's Apartment
Chapter XXI
XXII
"Sire, You Shall Be King."
Chapter XXII
XXIII
A New Convert
Chapter XXIII
XXIV
The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percee
Chapter XXIV
XXV
The Cherry-colored Cloak
Chapter XXV
XXVI
Margarita
Chapter XXVI
XXVII
The Hand of God
Chapter XXVII
XXVIII
The Letter From Rome
Chapter XXVIII
XXIX
The Departure
Chapter XXIX
XXX
Maurevel
Chapter XXX
XXXI
The Hunt
Chapter XXXI
XXXII
Fraternity
Chapter XXXII
XXXIII
The Gratitude of King Charles Ix
Chapter XXXIII
XXXIV
Man Proposes but God Disposes
Chapter XXXIV
XXXV
A Night of Kings
Chapter XXXV
XXXVI
The Anagram
Chapter XXXVI
XXXVII
The Return to the Louvre
Chapter XXXVII
XXXVIII
The Girdle of the Queen Mother
Chapter XXXVIII
XXXIX
Projects of Revenge
Chapter XXXIX
XL
The Atrides
Chapter XL
XLI
The Horoscope
Chapter XLI
XLII
Confidences
Chapter XLII
XLIII
The Ambassadors
Chapter XLIII
XLIV
Orestes and Pylades
Chapter XLIV
XLV
Orthon
Chapter XLV
XLVI
The Inn of la Belle Etoile
Chapter XLVI
XLVII
De Mouy de Saint Phale
Chapter XLVII
XLVIII
Two Heads for One Crown
Chapter XLVIII
XLIX
The Treatise on Hunting
Chapter XLIX
L
Hawking
Chapter L
LI
The Pavilion of Francois I
Chapter LI
LII
The Examination
Chapter LII
LIII
Acteon
Chapter LIII
LIV
The Forest of Vincennes
Chapter LIV
LV
The Figure of Wax
Chapter LV
LVI
The Invisible Bucklers
Chapter LVI
LVII
The Judges
Chapter LVII
LVIII
The Torture of the Boot
Chapter LVIII
LIX
The Chapel
Chapter LIX
LX
The Place Saint Jean En Greve
Chapter LX
LXI
The Headsman's Tower
Chapter LXI
LXII
The Sweat of Blood
Chapter LXII
LXIII
The Donjon of the Prison of Vincennes
Chapter LXIII
LXIV
The Regency
Chapter LXIV
LXV
The King Is Dead! Long Live the King!
Chapter LXV
LXVI
Epilogue
Chapter LXVI