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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In the Musketeers’ final adventure, D’Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Meanwhile, a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask wastes away deep inside the Bastille. When the destinies of king and prisoner converge, the Three Musketeers and D’Artagnan find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties.
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The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas's most famous and enduring novel, completed its serial publication in the summer of 1844, and by the time of its book publication at the end of that year readers were already demanding a sequel. They got it starting in January, 1845, when the first chapters of Twenty Years After began to appear-but it wasn't quite what they were expecting.
When Twenty Years After opens it is 1648: the Red Sphinx, Cardinal Richelieu,...
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Le roman «Le chevalier de maison rouge» fait partie d'une série des romans d'Aleksandre Dumas de la Révolution française. L'histoire, aventures, beaux ou mauvais sentiments, nobles hommes ou immondes humains nous entraînent dans la France de la terreur. La description d'une terrible époque, quand Louis XVI a été guillotiné, Le Tribunal révolutionnaire institué et Marie-Antoinette, enfermée au temple, attend son procès. Et enfin le mystérieux...
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«Vingt ans après» c'est imposant volume et une suite du premier opus «Les trois mousquetaires» et le dernier chapitre de cette grande fresque littéraire est «Le vicomte de Bragelonne». Vingt ans ont passé et les temps ont bien changé. Paris est secoué par les soubresauts de la Fronde. Si D'Artagnan parvient à retrouver et à rallier ses quatre amis, nul doute que la Fronde entière sera forcée de plier le genou devant eux...
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