Paris, August 1572: on the eve of the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre, the Huguenot heiress Mademoiselle de Vrillac attracts the attention of Count Hannibal de Tavannes, a brutal favourite of the king. When the killing begins he offers her life and her betrothed’s in exchange for her hand, and their forced marriage becomes a long duel of wills.
One of Weyman’s strongest cloak-and-sword romances, for readers of Dumas and Sabatini. Download the free EPUB.