When you research an Historical Novel you have to go backwards first to the previous generation and then forward, to the next generation, before you can possibly begin to understand the generation about whom you are writing.

Margot always fascinated me. Although she had no role in the book.

Marguerite of Valois

I even bought and watched the French film. Scene below.

And wrote about her in 2009.

GB 27th Nov 2009 : The Public Nuisance of Hoops and Underpants

Go figure!