Alexandre Dumas

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The Black Tulip is a historical novel by the famous French author, Alexandre Dumas, p re. The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) 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. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

C'est l'histoire fictionnelle du temps de Benvenuto Cellini pass en France avec son apprenti Ascanio; un homme passionn mais troubl , tourment par la vie sous la tyrannie d'une cour injuste. Cellini et Ascanio sont la fois follement amoureux de Colombe, fille du pr v t de Paris. Cela suscite une pl thore de jalousies, des triangles d'amour et enfin des mariages. Plein de tours d'intrigue passionnants et d'intrigues m chantes, ce roman constitue une lecture incontournable pour les fans des livres d'Alexandre Dumas et rendrait un ajout digne de toute collection.

S journant Toulon en 1835, l'auteur croise un for at dont le visage lui est familier. La v ritable identit de cet homme, Gabriel Lambert, lui est inconnue. Et pourtant, lorsque celui-ci se pr sente sous un autre nom, celui du vicomte Henri de Faverne, ses souvenirs lui reviennent: il fut nagu re le t moin d'un duel opposant le dit vicomte l'un de ses amis ayant mis en cause sa pr tendue noblesse. Extrait: Maintenant, monsieur, s'il vous reste quelque piti pour un malheureux qui, il le sait, n'a m me plus droit la piti , n'exigez point que je rentre votre service; j'oserai m me vous demander plus: ne faites aucune question sur moi. En change de cette gr ce, que je vous supplie genoux de m'accorder, je vous donne ma parole d'honneur qu'avant que vous ne quitti Toulon je vous ferai conna tre le nom sous lequel vous m'avez rencontr avec ce nom, vous saurez de moi tout ce que vous d sirez en savoir.