The St. Bartholomew Day Massacre, featuring a series of excerpts selected from works by Henry White and Isaac Disraeli. Saint Bartholomew Day Massacre

The St. Bartholomew Day Massacre began on Sunday and lasted through Tuesday.Continuing The Saint Bartholomew Day Massacre,with a selection The

As if the popular frenzy needed excitement, Marshal Tavannes, the military director of this deed of treachery, rode through the streets with dripping

Within the walls of the Louvre, within the hearing of Charles and his mother, if not actually within their sight, one of the foulest scenes of this

Presently there was a loud knock at the outer gate -- "Open in the King's name." The St. Bartholomew Day Massacre began.Continuing The Saint

Shortly after midnight the Queen-mother rose and went to the King's chamber, attended only by one lady, the Duchess of Nemours, whose thirst for