Alexandre Dumas

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An abridged version of an adventure in seventeenth-century France, when young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.

Kak i sto shestdesjat pjat let nazad, "Graf Monte-Kristo" Aleksandra Djuma ostaetsja odnim iz samykh populjarnykh romanov v mirovoj literature. K nemu pisali prodolzhenija, ego stavili na stsene, sozdavali mjuzikly, ekranizirovali, no i po sej den beschislennye izdanija etoj knigi dostavljajut udovolstvie novym i novym pokolenijam chitatelej. Istorija molodogo parizhanina, kotorogo prijateli v shutku zasadili v tjurmu, pocherpnuta avtorom v arkhivakh parizhskoj politsii. A iz-pod pera mastera vykhodit morjak Edmon Dantes, muchenik zamka If. Ne dozhdavshis pravosudija, on reshaet sam vershit sud i zhestoko mstit vragam, razrushivshim ego schaste. Djuma, vechno stradavshij ot dolgov, s udovolstviem prevraschaet svoego geroja v basnoslovnogo bogacha, kotoryj prigorshnjami razbrasyvaet sapfiry, almazy, izumrudy i rubiny, ustraivaet sudbu odnikh personazhej i rastaptyvaet zhizn drugikh.

Retells the four Musketeers' final adventure during which they plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis's falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king. Reissue.

The Baron des Canolles is a man torn apart by the civil war that dominates mid-seventeenth century France. For while the naïve Gascon soldier cares little for the politics behind the battles, he is torn apart by a deep passion for two powerful women on opposing sides of the war: Nanon de Lartigues, a keen supporter of the Queen Regent Anne of Austria, and the Victomtesse de Cambes, who supports the rebellious forces of the Princess de Condé. Set around Bordeaux during the first turbulent years of the reign of Louis XIV, The Women's War sees two women taking central stage in a battle for all France. Humorous, dramatic and romantic, it offers a compelling exploration of political intrigue, the power of redemption, the force of love and the futility of war.

A young Gascon nobleman, d'Artagnan, sets off for Paris in hopes of joining the Musketeers. He proves himself fighting with them and earns a place in their ranks. With d'Artagnan the three preserve the honor of the king and thwart the schemes of Cardinal Richelieu. D'Artagnan, an impetuous young man determined to join the King's Musketeers, inadvertently faces duels with three of the group's finest swordsmen