An engrossing biography of Gabrielle d'Estr?es, mistress, confidante, and advisor of Henry IV of France who was instrumental in ending the French Wars of Religion. Ideal for readers of Desmond Seward, Ian Mortimer and Alison Weir. Gabrielle d'Estr?es was just thirty-six hours shy of becoming Queen of France when she died in 1599, yet the story of her life is a dazzling and significant chapter in French history...