Synopsis

In the days when Henry IV. of was King of Navarre only, and in that little kingdom of hills and woods which occupies the southwest corner of the larger country, was with difficulty ing the Huguenot cause against the French court and the Catholic League in the days when every isolated castle, from the Garonne to the Pyrenees, was a bone of contention between the young king and the crafty queen mother, Catherine de Medicis, a conference between these notable personages took place in the picturesque town of La Réole.