She comes across as a 21st century teenager in 16th century costume. Her father asks her not to go somewhere - she goes he begs her to keep silent - she talks her safety requires that she covers her face - she locks eyes with the villain. This book is certainly a rip-roaring read, but I confess I found Mélisande something of a pain. Bartholomew’s Eve, Mélisande must learn what destiny wants from her - but will she have the wisdom and strength to carry it out? In the six years leading up to the 1572 massacre of Huguenots on St. When tragedy strikes, Mélisande flees for her life and Nostradamus is the only person she can trust.īut Nostradamus’s home town of Salon has its own dangers, and soon more than one person is looking for Mélisande. Then she crosses the powerful Count de Ferignay, and things become dangerous. Twelve-year-old Mélisande, the court minstrel’s daughter, is too young to understand political complexities and takes little notice of Nostradamus’s unexpected interest in her. Catherine is greatly influenced by the seer, Nostradamus, whose predictions of bloodshed make her even more suspicious and ruthless. The weak King Charles is ruled by his mother, the formidable Catherine de Medici. Sixteenth-century France, a country divided by sectarian hatred: Protestant Huguenots versus Catholics. Review by Elizabeth Hawksley Rachel Chetwynd-Stapylton
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