Chicot the Jester.

Title; Contents; Chapter I -- The Wedding of St. Luc; Chapter II -- How it is Not Always He Who Opens the Door, Who Enters the House; Chapter III -- How it is Sometimes Difficult to Distinguish a Dream from the Reality; Chapter IV -- How Madame de St. Luc Had Passed the Night; Chapter V -- How Madame de St. Luc Passed the Second Night of Her Marriage; Chapter VI -- Le Petit Coucher of Henri III; Chapter VII -- How, Without Any One Knowing Why, the King was Converted Before the Next Day; Chapter VIII -- How the King was Afraid of Being Afraid.

Chapter IX -- How the Angel Made a Mistake and Spoke to Chicot, Thinking it was the KingChapter X -- How Bussy Went to Seek for the Reality of His Dream; Chapter XI -- M. Bryan de Monsoreau; Chapter XII -- How Bussy Found Both the Portrait and the Original; Chapter XIII -- Who Diana Was; Chapter XIV -- The Treaty; Chapter XV -- The Marriage; Chapter XVI -- The Marriage; Chapter XVII -- How Henri III Traveled, and How Long it Took Him to Get from Paris to Fontainebleau; Chapter XVIII -- Brother Gorenflot; Chapter XIX -- How Chicot Found Out that it was Easier to Go in than Out of the Abbey.

Chapter XX -- How Chicot, Forced to Remain in the Abbey, Saw and Heard Things Very Dangerous to See and HearChapter XXI -- How Chicot Learned Genealogy; Chapter XXII -- How M. And Madame de St. Luc Met with a Traveling Companion; Chapter XXIII -- The Old Man; Chapter XXIV -- How Remy-Le-Haudouin Had, in Bussy's Absence, Established a Communication with the Rue St. Antoine; Chapter XXV -- The Father and Daughter; Chapter XXVI -- How Brother Gorenflot Awoke, and the Reception He Met with at His Convent.

Chapter XXVII -- How Brother Gorenflot Remained Convinced that He was a Somnambulist, and Bitterly Deplored this InfirmityChapter XXVIIL -- How Brother Gorenflot Traveled Upon an Ass, Named Panurge, and Learned Many Things He Did Not Know Before; Chapter XXIX -- How Brother Gorenflot Changed His Ass for a Mule, and His Mule for a Horse; Chapter XXX -- How Chicot and His Companion Installed Themselves at the Hotel of the Cross, and How They Were Received by the Host; Chapter XXXI -- How the Monk Confessed the Advocate, and the Advocate the Monk; Chapter XXXII -- How Chicot Used His Sword.

Chapter XXXIII -- How the Duc D'Anjou Learned that Diana was Not DeadChapter XXXIV -- How Chicot Returned to the Louvre, and was Received by the King Henri III; Chapter XXXV -- What Passed Between M. De Monsoreau and the Duke; Chapter XXXVI -- Chicot and the King; Chapter XXXVII -- What M. De Guise Came to Do at the Louvre; Chapter XXXVIII -- Castor and Pollux; Chapter XXXIX -- In Which it is Proved that Listening is the Best Way to Hear; Chapter XL -- The Evening of the League; Chapter XLI -- The Rue de la Ferronnerie; Chapter XLII -- The Prince and the Friend.

Chapter XLIII -- Etymology of the Rue de la Jussienne.

Dip into this titillating tale of court intrigue from Alexandre Dumas, the master of historical fiction. Chicot the Jester delves into the ill-fated romance of the Dame de Monsoreau and Count de Bussy, whose relationship is unable to withstand the tensions in the royal family that marked the reign of Henry III.

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