title: The Infamous Heir (Spare Heirs)
author:  Elizabeth Michels 
description: "Historical romance devotees will enjoy Michels's adoring use of some of the classic tropes of the genre - the spare heir, the wrong brother as hero, the heroine in men's clothing - but what makes the book so enjoyable is the way Michels makes the familiar fresh. The book is at once a well-crafted mystery and a simmering romance." - <strong><em> Sarah MacLean, The Washington Post</em></strong><br /><br />"Michels's latest is the complete package: a captivating romance with gripping suspense wrapped up in a novel to be savored." - <strong><em> Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br /><br />"Readers are treated to Michels' strongest story yet. The engaging characters, intricate plotline and powerful love story hold readers from beginning to end as they watch the changing relationship between headstrong lovers as they unravel a mystery. Savor this tale." - <strong><em> RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars, TOP PICK!</em></strong>
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  # The Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, V3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This etext was produced by David Widger widger@cecomet.net
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHARLES, COMTE DE VALOIS, was the younger brother of Philip the Fair, and
  
  
  therefore uncle of the three sovereigns lately dead. His eldest son
  
  
  Philip had been appointed guardian to the Queen of Charles IV.; and when
  
  
  it appeared that she had given birth to a daughter, and not a son, the
  
  
  barons, joining with the notables of Paris and the, good towns, met to
  
  
  decide who was by right the heir to the throne, "for the twelve peers of
  
  
  France said and say that the Crown of France is of such noble estate that
  
  
  by no succession can it come to a woman nor to a woman's son," as
  
  
  Froissart tells us. This being their view, the baby daughter of Charles
  
  
  IV. was at once set aside; and the claim of Edward III. of Eng