Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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The queen's necklace. Taking the Bastille
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Works of Alexandre Dumas: The queen's necklace. Taking the Bastille
Author: Alexandre DumasThe Queen's Necklace, Or the Mysteries of the Court of Louis XVI
Author: Alexandre Dumas (pere)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The queen's necklace
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Romances of Alexandre Dumas: The Queens necklace : a romance of the reign of Louis XVl
Author: Alexandre DumasTaking the Bastile; Or, Pitou the Peasant
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
"Taking the Bastille; Or, Pitou the Peasant" is a historical novel by Alexander Dumas. The story's protagonist, a poor orphan, Pitou, gets into the whirl of political turbulence and witnesses the events of taking the Bastille. Thanks to the novel, a reader gets an insight into how the historical battle looked like in the eyes of regular citizens.
How to Ruin a Queen
Author: Jonathan BeckmanPublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1848549997
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
'A hell of a tale and Jonathan Beckman gives it all the verve and swagger it deserves . . . I read it with fascination, delight and frequent snorts of incredulity' The Spectator On 5 September 1785, a trial began in Paris that would divide the country, captivate Europe and send the French monarchy tumbling down the slope towards the Revolution. Cardinal Louis de Rohan, scion of one of the most ancient and distinguished families in France, stood accused of forging Marie Antoinette's signature to fraudulently obtain the most expensive piece of jewellery in Europe - a 2,400-carat necklace worth 1.6 million francs. Where were the diamonds now? Was Rohan entirely innocent? Was, for that matter, the queen? What was the role of the charismatic magus, the comte de Cagliostro, who was rumoured to be two-thousand-years old and capable of transforming metal into gold? This is a tale of political machinations and extravagance on an enormous scale; of kidnappings, prison breaks and assassination attempts; of hapless French police disguised as colliers, reams of lesbian pornography and a duel fought with poisoned pigs. It is a detective story, a courtroom drama, a tragicomic farce, and a study of credulity and self-deception in the Age of Enlightenment.
The She-wolves of Machecoul
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
La dame de Monsoreau
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Page of the Duke of Savoy
Author: Alexandre DumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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