Henry I, Duke of Guise

1550–1588

Henry I, Duke of Guise, was a French Catholic nobleman and leader of the Catholic League during the Wars of Religion. His rivalry with Henry III and opposition to Protestant influence made him one of the most dangerous political figures in late sixteenth-century France.

Henry I, Duke of Guise also held the offices or ranks of prince of Joinville and baron of Lambesc. Henry I, Duke of Guise belonged to the House of Guise. Henry I, Duke of Guise was born in Joinville and died in Blois.

In S. J. Parris’ Conspiracy, Paris, 1585. Giordano Bruno returns to the court of Henry III as the French monarchy faces pressure from the Catholic League and the Duke of Guise. In G. P. R. James’ Henry of Guise; or, the States of Blois, set in France during the late 1580s, Henry of Guise places the leader of the Catholic League inside the final and most dangerous phase of the French Wars of Religion. In Kate Mosse’s The City of Tears, the wedding is intended to secure peace, but tension around the royal court, the Guise faction and Admiral Coligny quickly turns into organised violence against Protestants.

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Henry I, Duke of Guise (2 series)

Giordano Bruno Novels in Order

by S. J. Parris 10 books 4.3(46,581)

The Giordano Bruno novels follow the historical Italian philosopher through a fictional career as investigator and intelligence agent. Beginning with his youth in Dominican Naples and continuing through exile in Elizabethan England, France and Prague, the series combines murder mysteries with Reformation conflict, court politics, espionage and Renaissance…

All books in this series

1. The Secret Dead

First published 2014 · 4.2(2,859)

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2. The Academy of Secrets

First published 2020 · 4.2(993)

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3. A Christmas Requiem

First published 2020 · 4.3(1,475)

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4. Heresy

First published 2010 · 4.1(8,721)

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5. Prophecy

First published 2011 · 4.2(5,722)

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6. Sacrilege

First published 2012 · 4.4(3,547)

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7. Treachery

First published 2014 · 4.4(5,038)

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8. Conspiracy

First published 2016 · 4.4(6,021)

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9. Execution

First published 2020 · 4.5(7,414)

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10. Alchemy

First published 2023 · 4.4(4,791)

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The Joubert Family Chronicles in Order

by Kate Mosse 4 books 4.2(48,428)

The Joubert Family Chronicles follows generations of a Huguenot family from the French Wars of Religion into the maritime and colonial worlds of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. The Burning Chambers begins in Carcassonne in 1562; The City of Tears carries the family into the St Bartholomew’s Day…