Used book – Fortune de France, Volume 4: The Prince Who Was Promised, Robert Merle

1572-1588: "windy and troublesome" years when Catholics and Protestants continued to tear each other apart. Leaving his Périgord castle once again, the Huguenot Pierre de Siorac returns to Paris where he becomes the physician, then the secret agent, of Henry III.

More mature but not yet old, Pierre will discover, during perilous missions, the threats hanging over the kingdom, at a time when the ambitious Philip II of Spain, taking advantage of our discords, arms the Duke of Guise, the dreaded leader of the League, against the King of France...

A striking portrait of a king surrounded by his great vassals, by the "forty-five" who protect him from daggers, by the fanatic and rebellious Paris that will drive him from the throne, Le Prince que voilà takes us through the plots, rivalries, and intrigues that seem destined to annihilate the "fortune of France." Yet neither friendship nor the joy of living lose their rights. Nor does the inexhaustible and fruitful enthusiasm of a novelist more captivating than ever.