The story continues from the land of Margency on the Island of France…In this chapter we learn about the adventures of the young Knight of Pardaillan and his friends. He’ll do a stint in the dreadful jail of the infamous Bastille as rescued by his ingenuity and the skills of his best friend. The story is filled with spies, disloyalties, betrayals and more at the highest level of the French crown. You’ll see how the French Queen Catherine de Medici was a lowdown, backstabbing, double-edged sword, perverted and corrupted ruler with no scruples to get her rivals murdered and ruin lives at her whim. She came from a famous family of Florentine poisoners. In endless court intrigues, poison was her main weapon. She has a whole staff of poisoners, among them her lover the astrologer, who made poisoned cosmetics, perfumes, and poisons put on gloves, fans and women’s jewelry.