Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 3

King of France consort of Henry IV Queen Marguerite

1553–1615

A brilliant and controversial princess of the French Renaissance, she moved through court politics, religious conflict, and scandal with unusual intelligence and nerve. Her life later inspired the legend of "Queen Margot," but the real woman was also a writer whose own memoir remains one of the era's most vivid voices.