Alexandre Dumas

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In The Three Musketeers, a young man, D'Artagnan, travels to Paris with a letter of introduction in the hopes of joining the famed Musketeers of the French Guard. En route, he joins up with the titular musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, and quickly becomes embroiled in a swordfight with the agents of the sinister Cardinal Richelieu. As D'Artagnan continues his campaign to join the musketeers, he forms a strong bond with his new friends. Throughout...

Les Trois Mousquetaires est un roman d'aventure écrit par Alexandre Dumas en 1844. Il raconte l'histoire de d'Artagnan, un jeune homme qui quitte son village pour se rendre à Paris et devenir mousquetaire au service du roi Louis XIII. Il se lie d'amitié avec les trois mousquetaires Athos, Porthos et Aramis et ensemble ils vivent des aventures palpitantes, luttent contre l'Espion Milady de Winter et protègent la reine Anne d'Autriche. Ce roman...

Margaret of Valois (French: Marguerite, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615) was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became queen consort of Navarre and later also of France. By her marriage to Henry III of Navarre (later Henry IV of France), she was queen of Navarre and then France at her husband's 1589 accession to the latter throne. Their marriage was annulled in 1599 by decision of the Pope. She was the daughter of King Henry II of France and...

The family of the House of Borgia are remembered for their corrupt rule during the period when one of them, Rodrigo Borgia, was Pope. This text was taken from a series of essays on famous criminals and crimes by the author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas. The Borgia's crimes reputedly ran the gamut from theft and bribery to rape, incest and murder.

The third and final volume of the 'd'Artagnon Romances', of which "The Three Musketeers" and "Twenty Years After" constitute the first and second volumes, The Vicomte de Bragelonne was first serialized between October 1847 to January 1850. It has subsequently been published in three, four, and five-volume editions. Our edition contains four volumes: "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", "Ten Years Later", "Louise de la Vallière", and "The Man in the Iron...

Excerpt: "Toward the close of a fine evening in the month of October, 1779, the most inquisitive among the inhabitants of the small town of Fort Louis, had assembled on the point of land immediately opposite to that on which stands the city of Lorient. The object which attracted their attention, and which was the subject of their inquiries, was a noble beautiful frigate, carrying 32 guns, which had been anchored for about a week, not in the port,...

Une édition de référence des Vingt ans après d'Alexandre Dumas, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « Mais ce qui montrait encore mieux que tout cela que la simarre rouge n'était point celle du vieux cardinal, c'était cet isolement qui semblait, comme nous l'avons dit, plutt celui d'un fantme que celui d'un vivant; c'étaient ces corridors vides de courtisans, ces cours pleines de gardes; c'était le sentiment...

The Countess of Saint Geran' is a crime story based on the life of a woman bearing the eponymous name. The work was written by Alexandre Dumas, best-remembered today for writing 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. The story follows a countess who, after difficulties conceiving, gives birth to a son and the heir of her and her husband's estate-only for the child to be taken away upon his birth by those who would like the Saint Geran's...

A young man is captivated by a popular Parisian courtesan and attempts to build a life with her despite his family and society's growing disapproval. An against-all-odds tale that forces one lover to make a drastic decision for the betterment of the other. A semi-autobiographical story inspired by author Alexandre Dumas' romance with Marie Duplessis. Camille centers Marguerite Gautier, a coveted courtesan who falls in love with the young gentleman,...