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In Monsieur de Chauvelin's Will we are introduced to several of the historical characters who play parts of some prominence in the first of the so-called Marie-Antoinette Romances, the Memoirs of a Physician, and to one - the Duc de Richelieu - who had been a leading figure at court and in society from the very beginning of the century, and whom the author has introduced, as a young man, in The Regent's Daughter, and, a few years later, in Oly...

The action occurred between 1791 and 1793, and the first chapter opened at Varennes the evening of the king's arrest. Only, impatient as was the "Journal pour Tous, " I demanded a fortnight of Jules Simon before beginning my novel. I wished to go to Varennes, I was not acquainted with the locality, and I confess there is one thing I cannot do, I am unable to write a novel or a drama about localities with which I am not familiar. In order to wr...

On the evening of a Sunday, in the year 1578, a splendid fête was given in the magnificent hotel just built opposite the Louvre, on the other side of the water, by the family of Montmorency, who, allied to the royalty of France, held themselves equal to princes. This fête was to celebrate the wedding of François d'Epinay de St. Luc, a great friend and favorite of the king, Henri III., with Jeanne de Crossé-Brissac, daughter of the marshal of t...

The weird and fanciful episode of which Dumas has made Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann the hero is in Hoffmann's own peculiar vein, and might well have been a conceit of the gifted German himself, "who is chiefly celebrated, " says Dr. Hedge, "for his successful use of the magic and demoniac element in fiction." Alexandre Dumas (also known as Dumas phre) (1802-1870) was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century. Dumas is best kn...

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Saint Jean D'Acre The Men from Marseilles I. The Regent's Letter II. The Regent's Revenge Marengo Byron Sees Kean I. Son of A Courtesan II. Destiny The Call The Dock Fight Regal Love A Bal-Masque I. Chateau D'If II. Story of No. 27 III. Story of No. 34 IV. Cemetery of Chateau D'If Madness Paradise for Hell Battle of Charenton Mercedes

This is Dumas's ultimate D'Artagnan Romance. As it opens, Baisemeaux is conducting Aramis to see the eponymous prisoner.

Cornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But when his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in a deadly political intrigue. Falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival, Cornelius is condemned to life in prison. His only comfort is Rosa, the jailer's beautiful daughter, who helps him concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in s...

Vive le Roi! Mademoiselle The Uninvited Visitors Death of Richelieu A Vicomte's Breakfast The Drum-Head Marriage Sword and Pistol It Rains A Melancholy Tale I. Isabella II. The Ransom of Isabella III. Bridals On To Rome His Oath A Legend Some Prussian History Count Von Bismarck The Chalice The Avalanche The Little Dog Jet

The Goddess of Reason I. The Portrait II. The Thief Jean Oullier - A Study Eight Long Days A Gay Prince A Remark Augereau The Sacrifice of Beauty D'Artagnan Marechal A Duel I. The Corsican Mother II. The Corsican Son III. The Corsican Brother A Printing House - A Sketch Milan Source of Money Hannibal I. A Brigand's Faith II. Mercy and Brigand Reverses

Death of the King's Mistress Theory of War Two Fugitives Chastelard I. The Big Spider II. The Count of Monte-Cristo The Slaughter The Italian Lover Dormice First Consul Death of Hercules An Act of Faith Bernadotte I. The Pilgrimage II. Conscience's Dream III. Marriette's Dream Vision of Athos Le Terrain de Dieu A Weird Costume Three Against Three

The Courtship of Josephine and NapoleonThe DrownerThe Blood UnionLady Hamilton and Admiral NelsonThe Honor of Von BulowGaetano The GorgerThe Provisional GovernmentCannibalsConfession of the District AttorneyVindicationMme. DubarryStorming the BastileAuroraBrandedThe Tragedy of NantesCripple and GiantLouis XIIIDeath of MirabeauAnne of AustriaA Black Pearl

In this new stage version of French writer Alexandre Dumas' novel La Dame aux Camelias, radical British playwright Neil Bartlett re-imagines Camille's tale.

Career of a Courtesan A Strange Ending The People Crossing the Alps Battle of Langensalza I. Diana de Meridor II. Assassination III. A Fruit, A Torch and A Bouquet The Gourmand Surprise The Cabaret A Picture The Bastard of Waldeck The Word of A King Marie Touchet Remember! I. The Queen's Perfumer II. Madame De Sauves Chamber III. Boxes To Rusconise

Caracciolo's Capture A Wild Boar Hunt An Historic Banquo Daughter of the Caesars Three Madames - A Portrait Vertigo La Fontaine's First Fable A Glimpse of Paris I. Odoardo, The Prisoner II. Odoardo, The Gentleman The Marseillaise I. D'Artagnan, The Gascon II. D'Artagnan meets the Musketeers III. The Musketeers meet D'Artagnan Voice of Liberty The Dowry The Black Tulip A Perennial Venus Straw! Carnot and Conspiracy

The Burgomaster Sack of the Tuileries Murat I. Diana de Castro II. A Champion of Beauty III. Glory of Love D'Artagnan, Detective A Narcotic Dream Instinct Moliere Moreau A View of the Terror Bismarck - His Offer The Spanish Surprise I. The Prisoner II. The Madman III. The Substitute IV. The Man in the Iron Mask The Lame Mendicant Andre Chenier

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Believing D'Artagnan occupied at Fontainebleau and Porthos safely tucked awayat Paris, Aramis holds a funeral for the dead Franciscan--but in fact, Aramisis wrong in both suppositions.