“The Countess de Monsoreau” is a novel by Alexandre Dumas père, published in 1846.
This is the story of a tragic love between the brave, handsome Count de Bussy and the enchanting Diane de Méridor, later the Countess de Monsoreau, intertwined with political intrigue. Events unfold in France during the reign of Henry III, whose throne his own brother—the Duke of Anjou—also wanted, as well as the Guises.