Alexandre Dumas
A popular bestseller since its publication in 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great page-turning thrillers of all time. Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s grand historical romance recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantès, a dashing young...
On the 20th of August, 1672, the city of the Hague, always so lively, so neat, and so trim that one might believe every day to be Sunday, with its shady park, with its tall trees, spreading over its Gothic houses, with its canals like large mirrors, in which its steeples and its almost Eastern cupolas are reflected, - the city of the Hague, the capital of the Seven United Provinces, was swelling in all its arteries with a black and red stream of
...Craving a top-notch true crime novel from the distant past? Curl up with this masterpiece from Alexandre Dumas, who is regarded as one of the critical favorites in the historical fiction genre. The Marquise de Brinvillier recounts the true tale of a French woman who used poison to kill several of her family members in order to inherit their riches.
Celebrated as one of the masters of historical fiction, Alexandre Dumas, pere wrote such masterworks as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. His series Celebrated Crimes delved into eight historical capers, transgressions, and scandals. This life of Joan of Naples, the 14th century European monarch whose reign and romances were both famously tumultuous, was one of the most popular volumes of the series.
The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later is the final book in Dumas' d'Artagnon Romances trilogy. The book is in four parts, of which this is the second. According to French academic Jean-Yves Tadie, the real subject of the book is the beginning of King Louis XIV's rule.
Fans of historical fiction will delight in this action-packed account of Henri III's court and the secretive plot to exact revenge upon the murderer of the leader of the royal guards. From the romantic intrigue and entanglements among the aristocrats to the painstakingly executed ambush plan, every detail is brought fully to life in this engrossing novel.
Many of Alexandre Dumas' most beloved works are swashbuckling tales of justice and honor, such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. In the short novel The Sicilian Bandit, Dumas turns the tables and recounts the exploits of a brazen and brilliant crook, Pascal Bruno.
El clásico de Alejandro Dumas "El Conde de Montecristo" cuenta la historia de un hombre inocente injustamente encarcelado, que elabora un brillante plan para vengarse de los que le traicionaron. El joven marinero Edmond Dantés (Jim Caviezel) es un hombre honrado y cándido que lleva una vida tranquila. Entre sus planes está casarse con la hermosa Mercedes, pero todo se complica repentinamente cuando su mejor amigo Fernando, deseoso de conquistar
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