Adventure Magazine, March 1, 1928

Adventure Magazine, March 1, 1928 This issue of Adventure (Vol. 65, No. 6) features historical fiction alongside advertisements and serializations. The magazine includes a prominent serial based on the memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, detailing court intrigues during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and the political machinations of the French court—her forced separation from her husband, assassination attempts on her friends, and her brother's midnight arrest by the king and queen. Additional advertised content includes memoirs attributed to Madame de Montespan (mistress of Louis XV) describing her rise and fall, and accounts from Madame du Hausset revealing the private life and affairs of Louis XV, including his seraglio at Parc-aux-Cerfs. The series promises narratives of royal scandals from the Valois and Bourbon courts through the French Revolution, including the Princess de Lamballe's murder. Also advertised are Basil Carey's "Secret Lagoon," a South Seas novel continuing his exotic adventure series. The issue contains extensive period advertisements for correspondence courses, sporting goods, medical remedies, and mail-order goods typical of 1928 publications.