Michel Zevaco (1860–1918) is a famous writer in France, a successor to the traditions of Alexandre Dumas, Eugene Sue, and Paul Feval. Ten of his many novels are devoted to the history of the Pardallan family. Before the readers is one of them. Together with the main character of the novel, the brave Chevalier de Pardallan, we find ourselves in the whirlpool of palace intrigues of Catherine de Medici and her entourage, which led to the tragic events of St. Bartholomew's Night. We will meet lovely women and noble men, with true generosity and low deceit, with betrayal, loyalty and all-conquering love.