About the book: 1937 / Classic historical novel about the era of confrontation between Catholics and Protestants in France of the 16th century. Civil wars, the culminating point of which was the Night of St. Bartholomew on August 24, 1572 g., seen through the eyes of a young provincial Huguenot nobleman Bernard de Mergi, who arrived in Paris to visit his brother. Captain Georges de Mergy, having taken part in a religious war, lost faith in God, formally converted to Catholicism and successfully advanced in his career. He introduces his brother to court society and introduces him to the beautiful ladies surrounding Catherine de Medici. But the civil war spares neither love nor brotherly friendship…