Recommended reading - La Reine Margot

La Reine Margot

by Alexandre Dumas.

Filmed as La Reine Margot, a.k.a. Queen Margot (1994), directed by Patrice Chéreau.

Published by Oxford University Press.

First published 1845.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0199538441
ISBN-13: 978-0199538447
 
Description:

La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world's greatest and best-loved story-tellers. This revised edition of the classic translation of 1846 is richly annotated. An introduction sets Dumas and his work in their literary, historical and cultural context.