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War
1562–1598 CE
The spread of Calvinism created substantial Protestant communities known as Huguenots, while powerful noble houses competed for influence over the French crown. Religious division and dynastic rivalry repeatedly produced civil war.
Royal marriages, foreign alliances and local massacres made the conflict international as well as domestic. The wars ended after Henry IV converted to Catholicism and issued the Edict of Nantes.
A Column of Fire follows English and French characters whose loyalties and espionage work are shaped by these conflicts.
Series
The Medici Trilogy centres on Catherine de’ Medici and the Valois monarchy during the French Wars of Religion. From her arrival as an Italian bride to her struggle to preserve the crown for her sons, the sequence explores court faction, dynastic marriage and the violence dividing Catholic and…
Books
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Non Fiction
Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.
