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The Countess of Saint Geran
by Alexandre DumasThe 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
by Alexandre DumasIn "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
by Alexandre DumasTaking 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..
Vaninka
by Alexandre DumasThe story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric rule of Emperor Paul I of Russia. Vaninka is a general’s daughter whose love for one of her father’s officers leads to tragic death, savage crimes and perversions of justice...
The Adventures of Captain Balgonie
by James GrantA cold day in the middle of April had passed away; a pale and cheerless sun, that had cast no heat on the leafless scenery and the half-frozen marshes that border the Louga in Western Russia, had sunk, and the darkness of a stormy night came on rapidly. The keen blast of the north, that swept the arid scalps of the Dudenhof (the only range of hills..
Jane Seton
by James GrantThe genius of a monarch is said to stamp a character upon his time; but this can scarcely be said to have been the good fortune of the sovereign in whose reign I have laid the following romance. Like all the princes of his house, James V. was far in advance of the age in which he lived; for to all his forefathers' valour and passionate love of thei..
In Exitu Israel - An Historical Novel, Volume 1 (of 2)
by S. Baring-GouldIn Exitu Israel: An Historical Novel is the first of two volume historical fiction work written by S. Baring-Gould, who is also the author of ‘Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,’ ‘Origin and Development of Religious Belief,’ ‘The Silver Store,’ &c., &c.There is a side to the History of the French Revolution which is too generally overl..
Hans of Iceland, Vol. 1 of 2
by Victor HugoHANS of Iceland is the work of a young man,—a very young man.As we read it, we see clearly that the eighteen-year old boy who wrote “Hans of Iceland” during a fever fit in 1821 had no experience of men or things, no experience of ideas, and that he was striving to divine all this.Every intellectual effort, be it drama, poem, or romance, must contai..