Alexandre Dumas
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"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
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"When Twenty Years After opens it is 1648: the Red Sphinx, Cardinal Richelieu, is dead, France is ruled by a regency in the grip of civil war, and across the English Channel the monarchy of King Charles I hangs by a thread. As d'Artagnan will find, these are problems that can't be solved with a sword thrust. In Twenty Years After, the musketeers confront maturity and face its greatest challenge: sometimes, you fail. It's in how the four comrades respond...
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D'Artagnan Romance III-B In March 1844 the French magazine _Le Sicle, _ printed the first installment of a story by Alexandre Dumas. It was based, Dumas claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. The serial chronicled the adventures of D'Artagnan -- a young swordsman intent on joining the king's musketeers. Young D'Artagnan becomes embroiled in...
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The French queen Marie Antoinette had gained a bad reputation – she used too much money and arranged too many parties. But the real scandal started in 1785 when she was suspected to have bought an extremely expensive diamond necklace – even though she was a victim of a complex conspiracy.
'The Queen's Necklace' is Alexandre Dumas's exciting novel about these very happenings in the 1700's French Monarchy. It is part of 'The Marie Antoinette Romances'....
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Overview: Alexandre Dumas's novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery - one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written - appears here in a newly revised translation. "This novel tells the story of Edmond Dantes, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress the Chateau d'If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest...
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Set in France in 1661, 'Louise de la Vallière' is the third and final part of the D'Artagnan Romances trilogy.
With Louis XIV seeking to cement his position as the absolute monarch over the whole of France, D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers are forced to come out of retirement one last time.
However, while their intentions may be noble, there might be hidden agendas at play that could steer the foursome in the wrong direction...
Packed with murder,...
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The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas is a historical novel that blends romance, political intrigue, and the pursuit of beauty in 17th-century Holland. Set against the backdrop of political unrest during the fall of the Dutch Republic's De Witt brothers, the story follows Cornelius van Baerle, a peaceful tulip grower who becomes caught in the chaos of his time. His dream of cultivating the elusive black tulip is jeopardized by betrayal, jealousy, and...
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"Edmond Dantes, encarcelado por un crimen que no ha cometido, es confinado en la sombría fortaleza de If. Allí se entera de un gran tesoro escondido en la isla de Montecristo y decide no sólo escapar, sino también desenterrar el tesoro y utilizarlo para planear la destrucción de los tres hombres responsables de su encarcelamiento. La historia épica de sufrimiento y retribución de Dumas, inspirada en un caso real de encarcelamiento injusto,...
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The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. In this volume we examine some of the short stories of Alexandre Dumas. Alexandre...
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Set in Paris during the French Revolution, The Mesmerist's Victim tells a tale of star-crossed lovers whose romance blooms at an extremely inopportune moment in history. Will they be able to find happiness together, or will they be swallowed up in the tumult of radical political and social change?
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The third volume of the d'Artagnan Romances, of which The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After constitute the first and second volumes, was first serialized between October 1847 to January 1850. It has subsequently been published in three, four, and five-volume editions. Our edition follows the four-volume edition. The books in this edition in their chronological order are as follows: 1. "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" (chapters 1-75), 2. "Ten Years...
15) Georges
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A major new translation of a stunning rediscovered novel by Alexandre Dumas, Georges is a classic swashbuckling adventure. Brilliantly translated by Tina A. Kover in lively, fluid prose, this is Dumas’s most daring work, in which his themes of intrigue and romance are illuminated by the issues of racial prejudice and the profound quest for identity.
Georges Munier is a sensitive boy growing up in the nineteenth century on the island...
Georges Munier is a sensitive boy growing up in the nineteenth century on the island...
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The Revolution may be over, but for a band of courageous aristocrats, the fight is only just beginning.
This group call themselves "The Companions of Jehu". They lead secret lives as highwaymen, using the money they steal to fund the royalist underground movement. They're led by Roland, a hero with a mysterious past, whose fate becomes intertwined with Napoleon's right-hand man. It's a romp that demonstrates Alexandre Dumas' unrivalled flair for historical...
17) Camille
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Armand falls in love with Marguerite and ultimately becomes her lover, convincing her to turn her back on her life as a "courtisane" and live with him in the countryside.
This idyllic existence is broken by Armand's father, who, concerned by the scandal created by the illicit relationship and fearful that it will destroy his daughter's (Armand's sister's) chances of marriage, convinces Marguerite to leave Armand, who believes, up until Marguerite's...
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The Knight of Maison Rouge is the story of what happens when two people from opposite political camps fall in love during Robespierre's reign of terror. Paris, 1793. Lieutenant Maurice Lindey is an ardent young republican who hates tyranny and injustice whether they come from the left or right. But such even-handedness is a liability at a time when addressing someone as "monsieur" instead of "citizen" can bring one to the guillotine. Maurice makes...
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FonoLibro presenta "El Conde de Montecristo," Audio libro dramatizado en español basado en la historia original de Alejandro Dumas.
Es una de las novelas de amor y venganza más populares de todos los tiempos. Es la historia de Edmundo Dantes, joven marinero, (personificado por el primer actor Luis José Santander), quien el día de ser nombrado capitán del buque "El Faraón" y de planear casarse con su amada Mercedes, es injustamente puesto prisionero...











