| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | Monsieur de Guise's Latin | 1 |
| II. | The Queen of Navarre's Bedchamber. | 13 |
| III. | The Poet-king | 25 |
| IV. | The Evening of the 24th of August, 1572 | 36 |
| V. | Of the Louvre in Particular, and Of Virtue in General | 44 |
| VI. | The Debt Paid | 53 |
| VII. | The Night of the 24th of August, 1572 | 64 |
| VIII. | The Massacre | 78 |
| IX. | The Murderers | 89 |
| X. | Death, Mass, Or the Bastille | 102 |
| XI. | The Hawthorn of the Cemetery of The Innocents | 114 |
| XII. | Mutual Confidences | 125 |
| XIII. | How There Are Keys Which Open Doors They Are Not Meant for | 132 |
| XIV. | The Second Marriage Night | 142 |
| XV. | What Woman Wills, God Wills | 150 |
| XVI. | A Dead Enemy's Body Always Smells Sweet | 164 |
| XVII. | Maître Ambroise Paré's Confrère | 176 |
| XVIII. | The Ghosts | 183 |
| XIX. | The Abode of Maître Réné, Perfumer To the Queen Mother | 193 |
| XX. | The Black Hens | 204 |
| XXI. | Madame de Sauve's Apartment | 210 |
| XXII. | "sire, You Shall Be King" | 219 |
| XXIII. | A New Convert | 224 |
| XXIV. | The Rue Tizon and the Rue Cloche Percée | 236 |
| XXV. | The Cherry-colored Cloak | 248 |
| XXVI. | Margarita | 257 |
| XXVII. | The Hand of God | 263 |
| XXVIII. | The Letter From Rome | 268 |
| XXIX. | The Departure | 274 |
| XXX. | Maurevel | 280 |
| XXXI. | The Hunt | 284 |
| XXXII. | Fraternity | 293 |
| XXXIII. | The Gratitude of King Charles IX | 300 |
| XXXIV. | Man Proposes But God Disposes | 306 |
| XXXV. | A Night of Kings | 316 |
| XXXVI. | The Anagram | 324 |
| XXXVII. | The Return To the Louvre | 329 |
| XXXVIII. | The Girdle of the Queen Mother | 340 |
| XXXIX. | Projects of Revenge | 348 |
| XL. | The Atrides | 362 |
| XLI. | The Horoscope | 372 |
| XLII. | Confidences | 379 |
| XLIII. | The Ambassadors | 389 |
| XLIV. | Orestes and Pylades | 395 |
| XLV. | Orthon | 404 |
| XLVI. | The Inn of la Belle Étoile | 415 |
| XLVII. | De Mouy de Saint Phale | 423 |
| XLVIII. | Two Heads for One Crown | 430 |
| XLIX. | The Treatise on Hunting | 441 |
| L. | Hawking | 448 |
| LI. | The Pavilion of François I | 456 |
| LII. | The Examination | 464 |
| LIII. | Actéon | 473 |
| LIV. | The Forest of Vincennes | 479 |
| LV. | The Figure of Wax | 486 |
| LVI. | The Invisible Bucklers | 497 |
| LVII. | The Judges | 503 |
| LVIII. | The Torture of the Boot | 512 |
| LIX. | The Chapel | 520 |
| LX. | The Place Saint Jean En Grève | 525 |
| LXI. | The Headsman's Tower | 530 |
| LXII. | The Sweat of Blood | 538 |
| LXIII. | The Donjon of the Prison of Vincennes | 542 |
| LXIV. | The Regency | 547 |
| LXV. | The King Is Dead! Long Live The King! | 551 |
| LXVI. | Epilogue | 556 |
