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The Countess of Charny

The Countess of Charny

by Alexandre Dumas

The Countess de Charny is part of collection of The Marie Antoinette romances series of novels written by Alexandre Dumas. The Marie Antoinette romances comprise eight novels. The unabridged versions (normally 100 chapters or more) comprise only five books (numbers 1,3,4,7 and 8); the short versions (50 chapters or less) number eight in t..

The Prussian Terror

The Prussian Terror

by Alexandre Dumas

The Prussian Terror from Alexandre Dumas. French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure (1802-1870). Set in 1866 during the Austro-Prussian War, this exciting and masterfully-retold story is highly recommended for fans of historical fiction, and constitutes a must-read for lovers of Dumas’s seminal work...

The War of Women, Volume 1

The War of Women, Volume 1

by Alexandre Dumas

In "Twenty Years After" Dumas dealt with the earlier stages of the War of the Fronde,—the arrest of the three counsellors of the Parliament of Paris, Charton, Blancmesnil, and Broussel, the "day of barricades," of which the Abbé de Gondy, coadjutor to the Archbishop of Paris, afterwards Cardinal de Retz, claims to have been the author, and the flig..

The Countess of Saint Geran

The Countess of Saint Geran

by Alexandre Dumas

The Countess of Saint Geran is part of Alexandre Dumas' series of novels celebrated crimes, which contained a collection of semi-fictionalised historical accounts that dealt with some of the most shocking and noteworthy criminal cases in European history. This thrilling and masterfully-retold tale is highly recommended for fans of Dumas’s work..

The War of Women, Volume 2

The War of Women, Volume 2

by Alexandre Dumas

In "Twenty Years After" Dumas dealt with the earlier stages of the War of the Fronde,—the arrest of the three counsellors of the Parliament of Paris, Charton, Blancmesnil, and Broussel, the "day of barricades," of which the Abbé de Gondy, coadjutor to the Archbishop of Paris, afterwards Cardinal de Retz, claims to have been the author, and the flig..

Taking the Bastile

Taking the Bastile

by Alexandre Dumas

Taking the Bastile; Or, Pitou the Peasant is a novel of the fall of Louis XVI and his royal family written by Alexandre Dumas. Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to service. How can this man, Pitou the Peasant (as the subtitle of the nove..

Karl Ludwig Sand

Karl Ludwig Sand

by Alexandre Dumas

Karl Ludwig Sand is a historical fiction work of Alexandre Dumas and part of his novel series celebrated crimes. Karl Ludwig Sand was a German student who belonged to a liberal student association. After being found guilty of the murder of the conservative dramatist August von Kotzebu, he was executed in 1820, and became considered as a martyr by a..

The Regent's Daughter

The Regent's Daughter

by Alexandre Dumas

The Regent's Daughter is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, written in 1845, and later adapted as a "serio-comic" play in five acts. It has sometimes been subtitled as a sequel to The Conspirators. In 1957-1958 it was also adapted into a newspaper comic by Gilbert Bloch...