Margarita de Valois. Memoirs. Selected letters. The documents

The unique Margarita de Valois, who went down in history under the name of Queen Margot, is the heroine of Bartholomew’s night and the real daughter of the “lead” of the 16th century. The famous queen of France and Navarra, who had fallen to live in the bloody times of religious wars, left behind memoirs, which are both the most valuable historical document and a fascinating literary composition that delivers genuine pleasure from reading. It is impossible to ignore its significant epistolary heritage, showing the sophisticated but deadly world of the French royal court and big politics, where the feather, poison and dagger made the future of France together. These works reveal to us a smart, sophisticated and passionate lady of the Renaissance era, in whose life love and friendship were inseparable from political conflicts.
Scientists of Russia and France - Vladimir Shishkin (St. Petersburg State University), Elian Vyatically and Laurent Angar (University of Jean Monna, St. Etienne) - represent the queen"s works, accompanying them with relevant scientific research and comments. The publication is intended for the Russian and French reader