CONTENTS.

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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]