# Queen Margot

> A fast-moving historical novel of royal marriage, court intrigue, and sectarian conflict in sixteenth-century France.

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## About
Alexandre Dumas turns the French Wars of Religion into a sweeping court novel full of political calculation, divided loyalties, and sudden violence. At its center is Marguerite de Valois, whose arranged marriage becomes a vantage point on palace intrigue, factional maneuvering, and the human cost of dynastic ambition.Queen Margot is built for readers who want historical fiction with momentum: conspiracies, shifting allegiances, crowded ceremonial scenes, and sudden reversals that keep private lives inseparable from public crisis. Dumas gives the book both narrative drive and a strong sense of atmosphere, making sixteenth-century France feel unstable, theatrical, and perpetually dangerous.The result is a classic of large-scale historical storytelling—romantic, volatile, and politically charged without ever losing sight of character.Further contextThe novel is closely associated with Dumas's Valois court fiction and with the tensions surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day crisis.

## Specifications
- author: Alexandre Dumas
- publisher: DotBooks
- imprint: DotBooks
- synopsis: A fast-moving historical novel of royal marriage, court intrigue, and sectarian conflict in sixteenth-century France.
- language: en
- binding: Perfect Bound
- pages: 914
- format: paperback
- openlibrary: OL24556378W