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Original Title:	La reine Margot
ISBN:	0786880821 (ISBN13: 9780786880829)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.cadytech.com/dumas/work.php?key=301
Series:	The Last Valois #1
Characters:	Marguerite de Valois, Henri IV of France, Charles IX of France, Henri III of France, François duke d'Anjou, Comte La Môle, Henri de Guise, Gaspard de Coligny, Catherine de' Medici
Setting:	France

Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois (The Last Valois #1) Paperback | Pages: 542 pages

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Title	:	Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois (The Last Valois #1)
Author	:	Alexandre Dumas
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 542 pages
Published	:	October 1st 1994 by Miramax Books (first published 1845)
Categories	:	Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. France

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SO much better than I expected it to be. The book is long, but the story moves at such a fast pace and so much happens that you don't even notice. All the characters are fascinating, and my personal favorite was Catherine d'Medici, who wins the award for Worst Mother-in-Law Ever. I swear, she spends all her time trying to poison just about everybody in the book. She kills one person with poisoned gloves, then fills somebody's lamp with poisoned oil so the vapors smother them, and then she poisons the pages of a book. It's evil and amazing. The only reason this book doesn't get five stars is simple: NO SEX! (yes, I am trashy. Get over it.) Dumas has no problem describing the St. Bartholomew's Massacre, the gross symptoms of Catherine's poisons, and lengthy torture sessions, but he refuses to tell us anything about what goes on in the secret house where Margot and her friend meet their boyfriends. These people were going at it like coked-up rabbits for the entire book, but based on Dumas's descriptions, the farthest anyone ever got was a kiss on the forehead. Luckily, there happens to be a French movie based on the book, and although it takes serious liberties with Dumas's plot, it's rated R, and for a very good reason. Read Queen Margot, then see the movie version if, like me, you have a dirty mind and a weakness for smut.

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1.5 stars - I didn't like it. Being a huge fan of Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo, made this one all the more disappointing as it suffers horribly in comparison. Its hard to imagine that he wrote them only one year apart as the writing style is drastically different. I found this one to be a slog with forgettable characters that never fully grasped the readers attention. My trusted reviewer friends make this one sound so promising but at 300 pages in, Im crying Uncle.

2.5/5Reading this answers the question of whether I'm entertained by adventure novels anymore. I'm still bent on rereading The Count of Monte Cristo, but that has the argument of past enjoyment gunning for it, as well as one of its animated adaptations being one of my favorite television series of all time. It wasn't too long ago that I read Georges and felt the reading worthwhile, but that work was pursued more for reasons of sociology than entertainment, so while the action may not have

If you're one of those people who lick their finger before turning over the page, I strongly recommend that you don't read this book. Particularly if you're on the paranoid side.

My favorite Dumas. This book has everything. History, Adventure, Intrigue, Romance, Religion, Battles, Poison, Incest, Pathos, Humor... EVERYTHING!Catherine D'Medici is the scariest, creepiest, most terrifying villainess. But she is absolutely fabulous to read.Reread 2017- Still an amazing story. I can't believe that in the age of George RR Martin, this novel hasn't awakened more interest. There's just so much blood and intrigue!

update, 11 June 2017: just saw the movie! I'll keep my review of it under a spoiler cut, to keep this review more focussed on the book.(view spoiler)[so the movie is very much a Darkier and Edgier adaptation of the novel, and while these kinds of adaptations can be hit or miss, on the whole I enjoyed it a lot. I think for sure Chéreau got some things wrong, which include:-the characterization of Marguerite unwilling to be married to Henri and unwilling to be queen of Navarre... I actually liked

Dumas, the Rossini of literature, churned out an impressive amount of his time's pop-historical novels. He wrote about most, if not all, time periods this side of year 1000. But boy are they fun! (much like Rossini's silly but terribly convoluted yet always lighthearted operas, his books never let deep thoughts/issues get in the way of proper fun). I got into Dumas when I was very young (the books were all over the place at my parents', my aunt's and my grandparents') and THIS, a battered,

"Vedremo se della regina Margot sarà tanto facile fare una monaca.""We shall see if they can make Queen Margot into a nun so easily."Betrayals. Broken hearts. Conspiracies. A marriage sealed by ambition instead of love. Queens with too big a heart and queens with no heart at all. True sentiments that require to be muffled and false ones who aim to look deeper than they are. Poison, swords and blood. Hunting parties where those who chase the game are game themselves. Ambushes in the dark. (Not