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Plot Summary: The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre. Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest.
Plot Keywords: adultery, based-on-novel, catholic, decapitation, France, historical, huguenot, incest, love, madness, marriage, medieval, murder, paris-france, poison, political, power, protestant, reformation, religion, renaissance, royalty, wedding hide
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