In 1588 Gaston de Marsac, a poor but honourable Huguenot gentleman, is at the lowest ebb of his fortunes when the King of Navarre gives him a dangerous mission: to rescue Mademoiselle de la Vire from her enemies and carry her to safety. Plots, ambushes and duels follow him to Blois and Paris amid the Wars of Religion.
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