Alexandre Dumas

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For years d’Artagnan shared his adventures with his three comrades—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—but now, in Between Two Kings, the First Musketeer returns to the forefront. This is truly d’Artagnan’s novel, bringing to a dramatic climax the story that began when he first arrived in Paris thirty years earlier in The Three Musketeers. This brand-new translation of Between Two Kings immediately picks up the story and themes of Blood Royal, where d’Artagnan tries to thwart destiny by saving England’s Charles I; now, he will be instrumental in the restoration of his son, Charles II, the first of the two kings of the title. Disappointed in the irresolution of young Louis XIV, d’Artagnan takes a leave of absence from the King’s Musketeers and ventures to England with a bold plan to hoist Charles II onto his throne, a swashbuckling escapade in which he is unwittingly assisted by his old comrade Athos. D’Artagnan returns triumphant to France, where he is recalled to service by the second king, Louis XIV, who is now finally ready to take full advantage of the extraordinary talents of his officer of musketeers. This newly translated volume by Lawrence Ellsworth is the first volume of Alexandre Dumas’s mega-novel Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, the epic finale to the Musketeers Cycle, which will end with the justly-famous The Man in the Iron Mask. This marks the first significant new English translation of this series of novels in over a century.

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Neodnokratno ekranizirovannuju istoriju molodogo morjaka Edmona Dantesa, zatochennogo po podlomu navetu v zloveschij zamok If, sovershivshego ottuda derzkij pobeg, stavshego obladatelem nesmetnykh bogatstv ostrova Monte-Kristo i polozhivshego zhizn na to, chtoby izoschrenno otomstit obidchikam, znajut vse - odnako nam po-prezhnemu dostavljaet udovolstvie vozvraschatsja k nej, snova i snova perezhivaja vse ee uvlekatelnye peripetii.

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The latest entry in this acclaimed series of new translations of the Musketeer novels, Blood Royal continues the adventures of the valiant d’Artagnan and his three loyal friends. The latest translation in Lawrence Ellsworth’s acclaimed new series of Alexandre Dumas’s greatest adventures is Blood Royal, the second half of what Dumas originally published as Twenty Years After. In this volume all the plots and schemes set up in the previous novel come to dramatic fruition in the kind of exciting thrill-ride Dumas is famous for—while at the same time introducing the characters and themes that form the foundation of the rest of the series, leading to its great climax in The Man in the Iron Mask. In Blood Royal, the Four Musketeers all venture to England on parallel missions to save King Charles I, pursued by the murderous and vengeful Mordaunt, the son of Milady de Winter, the great villain of The Three Musketeers. Despite all his experience, d’Artagnan is repeatedly foiled by the much-younger Mordaunt, who erupts out of the past to embody the strengths of audacity and cunning that were once d’Artagnan’s hallmarks. Mordaunt has corrupted those youthful strengths, and the older d’Artagnan is no match for him until he is able to pull his former team together again. To do this d’Artagnan will have to become a true leader of men, leading not just by example but also by foresight, persuasion, and compromise. Only then can the team of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis be re-formed in all its might to defeat the specter of their past. Blood Royal is unmatched in Dumas’s oeuvre in its depictions of his most famous and beloved characters, and an unforgettable saga of swordplay, suspense, revenge, and ultimate triumph.

Alexandre Dumas der J ngere: Die Kameliendame - Neu editiert, mit aktualisierter Rechtschreibung und Fu noten - Marguerite Gautier, ein bildsch nes M dchen vom Land, schafft in Paris einen bemerkenswerten, wenngleich moralisch fragw rdigen Aufstieg: Sie wird zur begehrtesten Kurtisane der Stadt - nach heutigen Ma st ben eine Luxusprostituierte, die sich von wohlhabenden Herren aushalten l sst. Dann lernt sie Armand Duval kennen, einen Mann aus der franz sischen Oberschicht, der nicht nur sexuelles Interesse an der Sch nen entdeckt, sondern auch herzzerrei end tiefe Liebe ... - Trotz Schwierigkeiten mit der Zensur wurde der Roman ein beispielloser Bestseller. 1853 bernahm Giuseppe Verdi das Thema f r seine Oper La traviata. Im 20. Jahrhundert ist kaum ein Stoff h ufiger verfilmt worden, als die Kameliendame.

The victim of a miscarriage of justice, the Count of Monte Cristo is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape, and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Alexandre Dumas' novel presents a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero's ultimate discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions.

It's the classic tale - but not exactly the way you remember it... Paris, France. 1625. A young woman named d'Artagnan bears the heart and the blade of a musketeer, but must prove herself before she can earn her rank and uniform. The spy and assassin Milord de Winter advances an agenda of villainy and unbridled ambition, and will destroy anyone who gets in his way. The so-called 'three inseparables' of the queens' musketeers - the noble Athos, the forthright Porthos, and the gentle Aramis - bond in friendship and love with d'Artagnan. But for all three, that love will be tested by fate and the unforgiving past. The Queen Louise and the Queen Anne rule a France besieged by enemies - and threatened by Anne's affair of the heart with the Duke of Buckingham. Monsieur de Treville, the captain of the musketeers, inspires the adulation of the soldiers who serve under him, and sees in the young d'Artagnan the potential for greatness. The Count de Rochefort, killer and kidnapper, shows off his villainy with a cool demeanor and a well-shaped mustache. Kitty, the young valet of Milord de Winter, quietly collects intelligence on the malign deeds of her employer but knows she dare not threaten his power - until meeting d'Artagnan gives her a cause worth fighting for. The young tailor Constance, agent of the Queen Anne, must navigate the dangerous ground of the queen's forbidden romance - even as she navigates an unexpected romance of her own when d'Artagnan falls head over heels in love with her. And in the shadows, the Cardinal de Richelieu pulls the strings that control the fates of royals and assassins, lovers and soldiers, as their eminence seeks to control the future of France at any cost... The full William Robson translation of the classic novel of romance, intrigue, and adventure by Alexandre Dumas, pere, and Auguste Maquet. Edited and updated by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. Illustrated by Aviv Or. Scott Fitzgerald Gray (he/him; 9th-level layabout, vindictive good) is a writer of fantasy and speculative fiction, a fiction editor, a story editor, and an editor and designer of roleplaying games - all of which means he finally has the job he really wanted when he was sixteen. He shares his life in the Canadian hinterland with a schoolteacher, two itinerant daughters, and a number of animal companions. More info on him and his work (some of it occasionally truthful) can be found by reading between the lines at insaneangel.com. Aviv Or (she/her) is a UK-based freelance illustrator with a passion for character art. Her work in the tabletop game industry includes titles like Thornwatch, Acquisitions Incorporated, and the Jane Austen roleplaying game Good Society, and she is the co-creator of the webcomic and RPG Crystal Heart. She doesn't know much about nineteenth-century literature, but enjoys a good swashing of buckles. You can see her work at www.avivor.com, and at the webcomic uptofourplayers.com.

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