La Reine Margot

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`Dear sister!' said Charles IX, `there is blood on your sleeve!'`And what consequence is that, Sire,' said Marguerite, `if I have a smile upon my lips?'Saint Bartholomew's Day 1572. Paris is awash with the blood of Huguenots slaughtered by order of Charles IX. Or perhaps of Catherine de Medicis, one...