The Chaplet of Pearls

Imagine a world of weddings arranged for very young children to join their families for political purposes. In 16th-century France, we join a tale of just such a baby-marriage. King Henri II presides over the union of two very young children, among the religious feuds of the times.

Chapter# / Title

• Preface
• 1: The Bridal of the White and Black
• 2: The Separation
• 3: The Family Council
• 4: Tithonus
• 5: The Convent Bird
• 6: Foully Cozened
• 7: The Queen's Pastoral
• 8: Le Brouilon
• 9: The Wedding with Crimson Favours
• 10: Monsieur's Ballet
• 11: The King's Tragedy
• 12: The Palace of Slaughter
• 13: The Bridegroom's Arrival
• 14: Sweet Heart
• 15: Notre-Dame de Bellaise
• 16: The Hearths and Thickets of the Bocage
• 17: The Ghosts of the Templars
• 18: The Moonbeam
• 19: La Rue Des Trois Fees
• 20: The Abbe
• 21: Under the Walnut-Tree
• 22: Departure
• 23: The Empty Cradle
• 24: The Good Priest of Nissard
• 25: The Velvet Coach
• 26: The Chevalier's Expiation
• 27: The Dying King
• 28: The Orphans of La Sablerie
• 29: In the King's Name
• 30: Caged in the Blackbird's Nest
• 31: The Dark Pool of the Future
• 32: Jam Satis
• 33: The Scandal of the Synod of Montauban
• 34: Madame La Duchesse
• 35: The Italian Pedlar
• 36: Spell and Potion
• 37: Beating Against the Bars
• 38: The Enemy in Presence
• 39: The Pedlar's Prediction
• 40: The Sands of Olonne
• 41: Our Lady of Hope
• 42: The Silver Bullet
• 43: Le Baiser D'Eustacie
• 44: The Galimafre