This book contains Alexandre Dumas's 1843 novel, "The Horoscope: A Romance of the Reign of Francois II". It is one of the 'Valois romances' of Alexandre Dumas, and one of his best and more underrated novels. Set to the backdrop of the political conditions in sixteenth-century France, it tells the story of a French nobleman called comte Gabriel de Montgomery and his attempts to unearth his family roots. This thrilling novel constitutes a must-read...