Heretic dawn /
France, 1572. An ambush and a deadly duel mean young Huguenot nobleman Pierre de Siorac must travel to Paris and seek his pardon from the King. There he enters the intoxicating world of the royal court, a world of sweet words and fierce pride, where coquettish smiles hide behind fans and murderous i...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Pushkin Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Merle, Robert, 1908-2004. Fortune de France.
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| Summary: | France, 1572. An ambush and a deadly duel mean young Huguenot nobleman Pierre de Siorac must travel to Paris and seek his pardon from the King. There he enters the intoxicating world of the royal court, a world of sweet words and fierce pride, where coquettish smiles hide behind fans and murderous intents behind elegant bows, a world of genteel tennis matches and deadly swordplay, whose elaborate social graces mask a simmering tension that will soon explode into violence, engulfing the entire city in one of history's most infamous bouts of butchery and signalling the dawn of a new and bloody era in the history of France. |
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| Physical Description: | 605 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781782271932 1782271937 |