CONTENTS.
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH | [13] |
| II. | CIVIL WAR | [45] |
| III. | THE MARRIAGE | [68] |
| IV. | PREPARATIONS FOR MASSACRE | [93] |
| V. | MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW | [109] |
| VI. | THE HOUSES OF VALOIS, OF GUISE, AND OF BOURBON | [137] |
| VII. | REIGN OF HENRY III | [167] |
| VIII. | THE LEAGUE | [196] |
| IX. | THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF GUISE AND OF HENRY III | [220] |
| X. | WAR AND WOE | [256] |
| XI. | THE CONVERSION OF THE KING | [281] |
| XII. | THE REIGN OF HENRY IV. AND HIS DEATH | [306] |