"The Two Dianas" is a historical-adventure novel by the remarkable French writer A. Dumas, telling of one of the most tragic moments in the history of France of the 16th century—the beginning of religious civil strife between Catholics and Protestants.
In "The Two Dianas"—Renaissance France. The sixteenth century, full of disasters, passions, and glory. Intrigues of the royal court, irreconcilable bloody feuds rooted in religion, rebellions, wars beyond the country’s borders… Among the characters of this historical-adventure novel are the kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX, the commander of the French army Anne de Montmorency, the famous commander Francis de Guise, Admiral Coligny; and among the noble ladies—Catherine de’ Medici, Diane de Poitiers, Diane de Castro, Mary Stuart.