Alexandre Dumas

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Ascanio is a historical novel, set in Paris in the summer and fall of 1540, based on several episodes from the autobiography of the great Florentine sculptor and goldsmith, Benvenuto Cellini (1498-1562). Cellini's principal patron in Rome, Pope Clement, died, and Cellini had a falling out with his successor, Paul III. Imprisoned by the Pope, Cellini escaped, was recaptured Ascanio is a historical novel, set in Paris in the summer and fall of 1540, based on several episodes from the autobiography of the great Florentine sculptor and goldsmith, Benvenuto Cellini (1498-1562). Cellini's principal patron in Rome, Pope Clement, died, and Cellini had a falling out with his successor, Paul III. Imprisoned by the Pope, Cellini escaped, was recaptured, and was eventually released and traveled to France, along with his two assistants, Ascanio and Pagolo, to serve King Francois I. Includes unique illustrations

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. A thrilling adventure packed with romance, intrigue, misfortune, and love, it tells the story of collusion between the church and royal families in a fierce battle for power. A thrilling read, "The Conspirators' has the romance of "The Black Tulip" and the adventure of "Le Reine Margot". A fantastic page-turner characteristic of Dumas's masterful story-telling abilities, "The Conspirators" constitutes a must-have for fans of historical fiction. Includes unique illustrations

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. A thrilling adventure packed with romance, intrigue, misfortune, and love, it tells the story of collusion between the church and royal families in a fierce battle for power. A thrilling read, "The Conspirators' has the romance of "The Black Tulip" and the adventure of "Le Reine Margot". A fantastic page-turner characteristic of Dumas's masterful story-telling abilities, "The Conspirators" constitutes a must-have for fans of historical fiction. Includes unique illustrations

"The Man in the Iron Mask" represents the final portion of the third installment of the 'D'Artagnan Romances'. Preceded by "The Three Musketeers," the first volume; "Twenty Years After," the second volume; "The Vicomte de Bragelonne," part one of the third volume; "Ten Years Later" part two of the third volume; and "Louise de la Valli re," part three of the third volume; "The Man in the Iron Mask" is a tale that brings to life the mystery of one of the Bastille's most famous prisoners, a man whose identity is hidden behind an iron mask. In this work we find the original three Musketeers in retirement and D'Artagnan in the service of the corrupt Louis XIV. While the identity of the original man in the iron mask is unknown, Dumas constructs his story around the idea that the prisoner is in fact the twin brother of Louis XIV, imprisoned from birth by his father to prevent any conflict over a divided rule of the kingdom. When Aramis learns the secret of the man in the iron mask he devises a plot to replace the King with his twin brother, setting in motion a series of events which draws all the Musketeers back into action. An exciting work of political intrigue and high adventure, "The Man in the Iron Mask" brings to a tragic conclusion the adventures of the Musketeers. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange was the son of Sir James Kirkcaldy, Lord High Treasurer under James V. His mother was Janet Melville sister of the five Melville brother who played such a prominent part as civil servants and diplomats during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots. He first came to notice in 1546 during the conspiracy against Cardinal David Bethune, when a group of Fife lairds entered the castle at St Andrews bent on killing him.

Qui est Gabriel Lambert? Dans ce court roman, crit la m me poque que les Trois Mousquetaires, six narrateurs se relaient pour raconter la vie de ce paysan mont Paris, devenu homme du monde, puis faux monnayeur, qui finira au bagne de Toulon. Tous les t moignages sont charge: le h ros est un anti-h ros, antith se des figures courageuses qui peuplent les romans de Dumas. Derri re le personnage se cache un certain Henry de Falerne, que l'auteur a connu. Surtout, se cache Dumas lui-m me: il y a bien des points communs entre cr ateur et cr ature, entre ces deux jeunes provinciaux qui ne supportent pas leur pauvret et partagent le m me talent, celui de l' criture.

Bric- -brac est un recueil de textes vari s r partis en deux s ries, dont la deuxi me a t r dit e sous le nom de Propos d'art et de cuisine. Comme le nom l'indique, Dumas raconte dans ce texte les circonstances qui lui ont fait crire Marseille en quatre jours le drame des Forestiers (tir de son roman Catherine Blum). Il en profite aussi pour nous raconter entre autres comment il est rentr en possession d'un chastre, oiseau qu'il avait fini par croire imaginaire, sa rencontre avec un batelier qui lui voue une grande reconnaissance depuis la parution du Comte de Monte-Cristo et le flot de touristes qui traverse pour aller au ch teau d'If, et enfin LA recette pour obtenir un poulet r ti succulen.

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Edmond Dantes, a nineteen-year-old sailor from Marseilles, is soon to be captain of his own ship and to marry his beloved, the beautiful Mercedes. But spiteful enemies provoke his arrest on his wedding day, and he is condemned to life in prison. His sole companion is the 'crazy' priest Faria, who shares with Edmond a secret escape plan, and a map to hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo. When Faria dies, Edmond attempts the incredible escape alone. finally he is free and rich beyond imagination after 14 years in prison. Keeping his true identity a secret, he enters society as Count of Monte Cristo, a polite, refined nobleman determined to reclaim his lost love, and to avenge his accusers. This is a story of suspense, intrigue, love and the triumph of good over evil. Includes unique illustration.

Un roman historique, galement connu sous le titre du Gentilhomme de la montagne, qui a pour cadre l'Andalousie du tournant des XVe et XVIe si cle. El Salteador met en sc ne plusieurs ricos hombres, quelques bandits, une boh mienne et don Carlos, futur Charles Quint. Les personnages voluent dans le cadre historique de la conqu te du royaume de Grenade par Ferdinand d'Aragon et d'Isabelle de Castille, de la d couverte de l'Am rique par Christophe Colomb en 1492 et de l' lection l'empire romain germanique, en 1519, du jeune roi d'Espagne, Carlos Ier, qui sera d sormais connu sous le nom de Charles Quint.

Le vendredi 13 novembre 1847, sur la lointaine le de Java, Eus be Van Den Beek, jeune Hollandais nouvellement install sur place, se met en qu te du docteur Basilius, car sa jeune femme, Esther, est mourante. Le m decin, myst rieusement averti, est d j en route... mais il arrive trop tard. Eus be, d sesp r , coute le pacte que l'inqui tant Basilius lui propose et le signe: en change de la r surrection de sa femme, le Hollandais s'engage laisser son corps au m decin quand il se sera suicid ...

Alexandre Dumas (dit aussi Alexandre Dumas p re) est un crivain fran ais n le 24 juillet 1802 Villers-Cotter ts (Aisne) et mort le 5 d cembre 1870 Puys, pr s de Dieppe (Seine-Maritime). La paternit de certaines de ses oeuvres lui est contest e. Dumas fut ainsi soup onn par plusieurs critiques de son poque d'avoir eu recours des n gres litt raires, notamment Auguste Maquet. Toutefois les recherches contemporaines ont montr que Dumas avait mis en place une coop ration avec ce dernier: Dumas s'occupait de choisir le th me g n ral et modifiait les bauches de Maquet pour les rendre plus dynamiques. On ne peut donc lui nier la paternit de son oeuvre, m me si il n'aurait peut- tre pas pu r aliser tous ses chefs-d'oeuvre des ann es 1844-1850 sans la pr sence ses c t s d'un collaborateur tout faire efficace et discret.

About the end of the reign of the Emperor Paul I-that is to say, towards the middle of the first year of the nineteenth century-just as four o'clock in the afternoon was sounding from the church of St. Peter and St. Paul, whose gilded vane overlooks the ramparts of the fortress, a crowd, composed of all sorts and conditions of people, began to gather in front of a house which belonged to General Count Tchermayloff, formerly military governor of a fair-sized town in the government of Pultava. The first spectators had been attracted by the preparations which they saw had been made in the middle of the courtyard for administering torture with the knout. One of the general's serfs, he who acted as barber, was to be the victim. Although this kind of punishment was a common enough sight in St. Petersburg, it nevertheless attracted all passers-by when it was publicly administered. This was the occurrence which had caused a crowd, as just mentioned, before General Tchermayloff's house.

The Countess of Saint-Geran and her husband had long given up the idea of ever producing an heir, and so, given the greed that overcomes people when faced with wills, inheritances, heirs and what-have-you, the Count's sister, the Marchioness de Bouille- more-or-less expects to get the entire bundle when her brother and sister-in-law die, presumably childless.

Fuyant l'Italie o sa fougue lui a valu des ennuis avec le pape Paul III, Benvenuto Cellini c l bre sculpteur et orf vre, arrive la cour de France sur l'invitation de Fran ois Ier. Il est accompagn entre autres de son jeune apprenti Ascanio qu'il aime comme un fils et dont la redoutable duchesse d'Etampes, alors ma tresse du roi, est tomb e amoureuse. Bien que l gitime, l'installation par la force de Cellini dans le Grand Nesle lui attire la haine de Mme d'Etampes et de son prot g le pr v t de Paris Robert d'Estourville. En m me temps, il rencontre l'amour en la personne de la douce et charmante Colombe, la fille du pr v t, qui malheureusement pour lui aime et est aim e d'Ascanio... La rivalit entre le ma tre et l'apprenti pourrait tre terrible sans la grandeur d' me de Cellini qui, touch par la force et la puret de leur amour et surmontant sa douleur, renonce Colombe et d cide de tout mettre en oeuvre pour faire chouer le mariage que la duchesse d'Etampes par jalousie, et le pr v t de Paris par cupidit , ont d cid pour Colombe. Pour cela il va devoir faire face la haine et la fourberie de Mme d'Etampes et de ses alli s, mais Benvenuto Cellini, fort de son art et de ses amis, trouvera le moyen de faire triompher l'amour de Colombe et d'Ascanio.

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Edmond Dantes, a nineteen-year-old sailor from Marseilles, is soon to be captain of his own ship and to marry his beloved, the beautiful Mercedes. But spiteful enemies provoke his arrest on his wedding day, and he is condemned to life in prison. His sole companion is the 'crazy' priest Faria, who shares with Edmond a secret escape plan, and a map to hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo. When Faria dies, Edmond attempts the incredible escape alone. finally he is free and rich beyond imagination after 14 years in prison. Keeping his true identity a secret, he enters society as Count of Monte Cristo, a polite, refined nobleman determined to reclaim his lost love, and to avenge his accusers. This is a story of suspense, intrigue, love and the triumph of good over evil. Includes unique illustration.

In 1625 France, d'Artagnan (a poor young nobleman) leaves his family in Gascony and travels to Paris to join the Musketeers of the Guard. At an inn in Meung-sur-Loire, an older man derides d'Artagnan's horse. Insulted, d'Artagnan demands a duel. The older man's companions beat d'Artagnan unconscious with a cooking pot and a metal tong that breaks his sword. His letter of introduction to Monsieur de Tr ville, the commander of the Musketeers, is also stolen. D'Artagnan resolves to avenge himself upon the man (who is later revealed to be the Comte de Rochefort, an agent of Cardinal Richelieu, who is passing orders from the Cardinal to his spy Lady de Winter, usually called Milady de Winter or simply Milady). In Paris, d'Artagnan visits M. de Tr ville at the headquarters of the Musketeers, but without the letter, Tr ville politely refuses his application. He does, however, write a letter of introduction to an academy for young gentlemen which may prepare him for recruitment at a later time. From Tr ville's window, d'Artagnan sees Rochefort passing in the street below and rushes out of the building to confront him, but in doing so he offends three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, who each demand satisfaction; d'Artagnan must fight a duel with all of them that afternoon. As d'Artagnan prepares himself for the first duel, he realizes that Athos' seconds are Porthos and Aramis, who are astonished that the young Gascon intends to duel them all. As d'Artagnan and Athos begin, Cardinal Richelieu's guards appear and try to arrest d'Artagnan and the three Musketeers for illegal dueling. Although outnumbered, the four men win the battle. D'Artagnan seriously wounds Jussac, one of the Cardinal's officers and a renowned fighter. After learning of this, King Louis XIII appoints d'Artagnan to Des Essart's company of the King's Guards and gives him forty pistoles.

Before finishing among the eighteen cases of Crimes famous by Alexandre Dumas father, the murder of the Marquise de Ganges had already attracted the Marquis de Sade. Probably because of the cruelty with which he ate the lot, which was announced by a seer, the beautiful and pure Marie Rossan. So famous for its white beauty to be remembered by kings and queens, had been married for the second of the Ganges Marquis, profligate, greedy man; and it is in the gloomy frame of the family castle, between Avignon and Montpellier, which put into effect the conspiracy by the brothers of her husband. Dumas reported the fact to be experienced crime reporter, adept at accentuating the most sensational aspects and to rise in the twists terror victim.

Deuxi me volet des Impressions de voyage dans le Royaume de Naples, apr s Le Speronare et avant Le Corricolo, Le capitaine Ar na retrace l'itin raire de Dumas, du peintre Jadin et de son chien Milord de Palerme Naples, par les les Eoliennes et la Calabre. Le titre se r f re au capitaine du navire affr t pour le voyage.