The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: The Mysteries of a Crime of State by Arlette Jouanna, Joseph Bergin

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: The Mysteries of a Crime of State

Les Journées qui ont fait la France

Arlette Jouanna, Joseph Bergin

320 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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On 18 August 1572, Paris hosted the lavish wedding of Marguerite de Valois and Henri de Navarre, which was designed to seal the reconciliation of France's Catholics and Protestants. Only six days later, the execution of the Protestant leaders on t...

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