Alexandre Dumas

The Corsican Brothers tells the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's pains. The story starts in March 1841, when the narrator travels to Corsica and stays at the home of the widow Savilia de Franchi who lives near Olmeto and Sullacaro. She is a mother of a former conjoined twin, Louis and Lucien. Louis is a lawyer in Paris, while Lucien clings on to his Corsican roots and thus stays at his mother's home. The narrator learns that the brothers were once conjoined, but separated at birth by a doctor with his scalpel. Despite being separated Louis and Lucien can still feel each other's emotions, even at distance. Lucien explains he has a mission to undertake, with reluctance. He has to mediate in a vendetta between the Orlandi and Colona families and invites the narrator to accompany him and meet the head of the Orlandi family. Alexandre Dumas, p re (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

The story begins with the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis by a wild mob of their own countrymen, considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, has set a prize of ƒ100, 000 to the person who can grow a black tulip, sparking competition between the country's best gardeners to win the money, honor and fame. Only the city's oldest citizens remember the Tulip Mania thirty years prior, and the citizens throw themselves into the competition. The young and bourgeois Cornelius van Baerle has almost succeeded but is suddenly thrown into the Loevestein prison... Alexandre Dumas, p re (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

These historical novels depict the conspiracy by the certain party of the nobility against the regent of France Philippe d'Orl ans. Raoul d'Harmental, young aristocrat who came to Paris in 1711, is an adventurer, rather touchy and impetuous. After the king's death, D'Harmental is involved in the conflict between the regent and the party of malcontents who wished to take him down. The duchess, whose husband was deprived of his rights by the regent, makes proposals in this direction. D'Harmental must remove the Duke of Orleans and take him to Spain. The Regent's Daughter is a sequel to The Conspirators. Philippe d'Orl ans, regent of France, although having a hard time with his two daughters and a son, wants to take care of another young girl, his illegitimate and hidden daughter, Helene de Chaverny, raised in a convent as an orphan. Helene, who ignores his parentage, is in love with Chevalier Gaston de Chanley, a conspirator involved in a plot against the regent. Young lovers, eager to get married, head towards the Paris unaware of the dramatic tangle that is played around them. Alexandre Dumas, p re (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

Maj 1551 goda, Normandija. Gabriel - sirota. Tak utverzhdaet ego kormilitsa, no tak li eto na samom dele? Dostignuv sovershennoletija i poluchiv pravo nosit shpagu, junosha poluchaet otvet i na glavnyj vopros: kem byli ego roditeli? Otnyne dolg Gabrielja - najti ottsa ili otomstit za nego. Put junoshi lezhit ko dvoru korolja Frantsii. I dejstvovat tam nadlezhit tajno. V ocherednoj tom illjustrirovannogo sobranija sochinenij Aleksandra Djuma vkhodit znamenityj rytsarskij roman "Dve Diany", na stranitsakh kotorogo chitatelej zhdut grandioznye bitvy, osady, turniry, zagovory i intrigi s uchastiem Genrikha II, gertsoga de Giza, Diany de Puate, Ekateriny Medichi, Marii Stjuart i Nostradamusa.

Andra delen i serien "En läkares anteckningar" handlar om den mycket märkliga figuren Joseph Balsamo (även kallad Cagliostro). Balsamo är alkemist, konspiratör och frimurare och en av anledningarna bakom den franska monarkins undergång. Alexandre Dumas den äldre föddes 1802 och skrev under sin livstid många odödliga verk såsom Greven av Monte Cristo, Mannen med järnmasken och De tre musketörerna. "This book is as good as the Count of Monte Cristo, perhaps even better." Olivierco, Goodreads (Betyg 5/5) -

Romanen inleds med en bestialisk lynchning på den nederländske makthavaren Johan de Witt men utvecklas så småningom till en kärleksroman. Staden Haarlem utlyser en belöning på 100 000 holländska gulden till den som kan odla en svart tulpan. Landets mest berömda trädgårdsmästare tävlar om pengarna och äran. I centrum står Cornelius van Baerle, som strax innan han lyckas kastas i fängelse. Där möter han fångvaktarens dotter Rosa ... Alexandre Dumas den äldre föddes 1802 och skrev under sin livstid många odödliga verk såsom Greven av Monte Cristo, Mannen med järnmasken och De tre musketörerna. -

Romanen berättar den fiktiva historien om Gabriel som dödligt sårar Henrik II av Frankrike. Titeln refererar till Henrik II:s favoriter, Diana de Poitiers, och hennes dotter, Diana de Castro. Alexandre Dumas den äldre föddes 1802 och skrev under sin livstid många odödliga verk såsom Greven av Monte Cristo, Mannen med järnmasken och De tre musketörerna. -

En kvinna tvingas klä ut sig till man och page för att kunna stanna vid sin älskade hertigs sida. Romanen utvecklas till en tät, mystisk och romantisk historia i sann Dumas-anda. Alexandre Dumas den äldre föddes 1802 och skrev under sin livstid många odödliga verk såsom Greven av Monte Cristo, Mannen med järnmasken och De tre musketörerna. -

En tidlös spännings- och relationsroman med societetsdamen Pauline i huvudrollen. Alexandre Dumas den äldre föddes 1802 och skrev under sin livstid många odödliga verk såsom Greven av Monte Cristo, Mannen med järnmasken och De tre musketörerna. "It could be a kind of novel written by Jack Kerouac or another author of the Beat Generation." Emeline Marie Heron, Goodreads (Betyg 5/5) -