1572--In order to secure the peace between Catholics and Protestants, a marriage of convenience is arranged between Margot and the son of the Queen of Navarre. Incapable of overcoming her aversion to her fiance, and still secretly in love with the Duke of Guise, Margot will try to escape the forced marriage. However, this union is the objective of forces beyond her will, and the princess will be drawn into events at St Bartholemy--into deeds of intolerable cruelty.

This is a historical graphic novel about the most famous French princess. This story is drawn from the memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, called "Queen Margot," the first wife of the King of France, Henri IV. It is 1569, Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Philippe II of Spain confront each other by proxy. The war between the Protestants and the Catholics is tearing France apart. Margot's hand is the object of a negotiation intended to strengthen the throne of her brother Charles IX, King of France. But Margot is 16 years old, and she has lost her heart to the Duke of Guise. Confronted with reasons of State and with every possible ambition, the princess is plunged into an intrigue that is beyond her.