CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I.] | Monsieur de Guise's Latin | 1 |
| [II.] | The Queen of Navarre's Bedchamber. | 13 |
| [III.] | The Poet-king | 25 |
| [IV.] | The Evening of the 24th of August, 1572 | 36 |
| [V.] | Of the Louvre in Particular, and Of Virtue in General | 44 |
| [VI.] | The Debt Paid | 53 |
| [VII.] | The Night of the 24th of August, 1572 | 64 |
| [VIII.] | The Massacre | 78 |
| [IX.] | The Murderers | 89 |
| [X.] | Death, Mass, Or the Bastille | 102 |
| [XI.] | The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of The Innocents | 114 |
| [XII.] | Mutual Confidences | 125 |
| [XIII.] | How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant for | 132 |
| [XIV.] | The Second Marriage Night | 142 |
| [XV.] | What Woman Wills, God Wills | 150 |
| [XVI.] | A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet | 164 |
| [XVII.] | Maître Ambroise Paré's Confrère | 176 |
| [XVIII.] | The Ghosts | 183 |
| [XIX.] | The Abode of Maître Réné, Perfumer To the Queen Mother | 193 |
| [XX.] | The Black Hens | 204 |
| [XXI.] | Madame de Sauve's Apartment | 210 |
| [XXII.] | "sire, You Shall Be King" | 219 |
| [XXIII.] | A New Convert | 224 |
| [XXIV.] | The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percée | 236 |
| [XXV.] | The Cherry-colored Cloak | 248 |
| [XXVI.] | Margarita | 257 |
| [XXVII.] | The Hand of God | 263 |
| [XXVIII.] | The Letter From Rome | 268 |
| [XXIX.] | The Departure | 274 |
| [XXX.] | Maurevel | 280 |
| [XXXI.] | The Hunt | 284 |
| [XXXII.] | Fraternity | 293 |
| [XXXIII.] | The Gratitude of King Charles IX | 300 |
| [XXXIV.] | Man Proposes But God Disposes | 306 |
| [XXXV.] | A Night of Kings | 316 |
| [XXXVI.] | The Anagram | 324 |
| [XXXVII.] | The Return To the Louvre | 329 |
| [XXXVIII.] | The Girdle of the Queen Mother | 340 |
| [XXXIX.] | Projects of Revenge | 348 |
| [XL.] | The Atrides | 362 |
| [XLI.] | The Horoscope | 372 |
| [XLII.] | Confidences | 379 |
| [XLIII.] | The Ambassadors | 389 |
| [XLIV.] | Orestes and Pylades | 395 |
| [XLV.] | Orthon | 404 |
| [XLVI.] | The Inn of la Belle Étoile | 415 |
| [XLVII.] | De Mouy de Saint Phale | 423 |
| [XLVIII.] | Two Heads for One Crown | 430 |
| [XLIX.] | The Treatise on Hunting | 441 |
| [L.] | Hawking | 448 |
| [LI.] | The Pavilion of François I | 456 |
| [LII.] | The Examination | 464 |
| [LIII.] | Actéon | 473 |
| [LIV.] | The Forest of Vincennes | 479 |
| [LV.] | The Figure of Wax | 486 |
| [LVI.] | The Invisible Bucklers | 497 |
| [LVII.] | The Judges | 503 |
| [LVIII.] | The Torture of the Boot | 512 |
| [LIX.] | The Chapel | 520 |
| [LX.] | The Place Saint Jean En Grève | 525 |
| [LXI.] | The Headsman's Tower | 530 |
| [LXII.] | The Sweat of Blood | 538 |
| [LXIII.] | The Donjon of the Prison of Vincennes | 542 |
| [LXIV.] | The Regency | 547 |
| [LXV.] | The King Is Dead! Long Live The King! | 551 |
| [LXVI.] | Epilogue | 556 |