“Famous Crimes” were written by the great novelist in the early 40s of the 19th century. They are dedicated to real events that were significant not only for their direct participants, but also for history. Taking us back to the distant past, they still stun the imagination today. Bloodshed in the South takes the reader to France, when the country was rocked by religious wars between Catholics and Protestant Huguenots. Bartholomew's Night is the most terrible moment of this confrontation.