La reine Margot

A single-issue comic from 2010 published by Ange, La reine Margot adapts the tumultuous life of Marguerite de Valois, the 16th-century French queen whose marriage to Henry of Navarre sparked the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. This historical drama distills the political intrigue and personal tragedy of her story into a compact, self-contained narrative.