Alexandre Dumas
3) Camille
Learn more about some of the most infamous criminals ever to walk the earth in this massive compilation from one of the foremost writers of historical fiction, Alexandre Dumas. In often-chilling detail, Dumas recounts murders, heists, and all manner of malfeasance from centuries of European history.
La Dame de Monsoreau is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. It owes its name to the counts who owned the famous château de Montsoreau. The novel is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Count de Bussy and the woman he adores, la Dame de Monsoreau. Chicot the Jester is a character in the novel, and in some English translations he is the title
...11) Amaury
Amaury es una novela romántica que trata sobre la temática de los celos en un París de los años 1839-1840.
Amaury el personaje principal está completamente enamorado de Madeleine y quieren casarse. Sin embargo la enfermedad se instala entre ellos y los separa drásticamente.
Esta novela, anterior a Los tres mosqueteros estuvo en el olvido más de un siglo y hoy merece un lugar entre las obras maestras de la novela sentimental.
«La Dama de las Camelias» es una de las obras más admiradas por la crítica y el público del francés Alejandro Dumas; fue tanta su popularidad que Giuseppe Verdi se inspiró en ella para componer La Traviata. Inspirada en la figura de Marie Dupleiss, se nos narra la historia de la cortesana Marguerite Gautier y su relación con el joven Armand Duval. Sin duda, una de las historias de amor más hermosa y trágica que jamás se hayan escrito,
...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.
15) A Tulipa Negra
Set in Holland in the late 17th century, The Black Tulip is the story of Cornelius De Witt, a tulip grower who aspires to grow the elusive black tulip. Following the murder of his brother John De Witt, Cornelius is caught up in a web of political intrigue. In The Black Tulip, Dumas masterfully weaves the historical events that surrounded Holland during the tulip-mania of the 17th century into a gripping political allegory.
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.
