The works of alexandre dumas by dumas, first edition. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. July 24, 1802 december 5, 1870 wrote novels that came to epitomize the adventure genre. Alexandre dumas is a celebrated french author best known for his historical adventure novels, including the three musketeers and the count of monte cristo.
Bound in three quarters blue morocco by sangorski and sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, top edge gilt, illustrated, tissue guards present, marbled endpapers. Alexandre dumas 18021870 was a french writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure, especially the count of monte cristo and the three musketeers. The relation, if any, of these people to the american branch of the family is not known at present. The three musketeers by alexandre dumas free ebook. He is best known for his novels the three musketeers, the count of monte cristo, the man in the iron mask and many others.
Thousands of free ebooks of classic literature for kindle, tablet, online browser or smart phone. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. General dumas was born in 1762 to a slave mother and a white father in haiti. His books have been translated into more than 100 languages. The three musketeers series, the marie antoinette novels, the count of monte cristo, the. Alexandre dumas, who lived a life as dramatic as any depicted in his more than three hundred volumes of plays, novels, travel books, and memoirs, was born on july 24, 1802, in the town of villerscotterets, some fifty miles from paris.
Reuniting two halves of a longlost alexandre dumas novel. He prolifically wrote under multitude of genres but his forte remained novels and plays. Alexandre dumas dumas, alexandre, 18021870 online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article dumas, alexandre, 18021870. Alexandre dumas audio books, best sellers, author bio. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. Alexandre dumass magnum opus was a massive cookbook. Michael dumas, an artist, born in lyons, france in 1812, had pictures in the salon of 1853 and was awarded a decoration. Finely bound complete set of the works of alexandre dumas. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at.
Dumas s assertion that the mysterious man in the iron mask was louis xivs twin brother has kept generations of readers in suspense. Alexandre dumas may well have been the most popular novelist of the 19th century. Alexandre dumas premium collection 27 novels in one volume. Also of interest in the vicomte of bragelonne is the fact that.
Thirteen or more dumas coats of arms are known for the dumas family. There are a lot of dreadful and scurrilous rumors related to the borgias of italian renaissance, and with the help of this novel, author dumas has tried to dish up the dirt in the ugly glory of the borgias. Shortly thereafter he wrote a sequel, twenty years after, that resumed the adventures of his swashbuckling heroes. In 1844, alexandre dumas published the three musketeers, a novel so famous and still so popular today that it scarcely needs introduction. Later, toward the end of his career, dumas wrote the red sphinx, another direct sequel to the three musketeers that. General alexandre dumas was a mixedrace haitian slave and swordsman who had been nearly erased from history by his jealous rival, napoleon bonaparte. Hero of the people, the queens necklace by alexandre dumas, maurice leloir, et al.
He doomed these unknown men to every torment that his inflamed imagination could devise, while still considering that the most frightful were too mild and, above all, too brief. One of the most widely read french authors famed for his historical fiction of high adventure, alexandre dumas 18021870 wrote more than a hundred plays and novels, including the famous three musketeers trilogy, the count of monte cristo, and the man in the iron mask. Alexandre dumas, pere 18021870 was a french author of historical fiction and adventure novels, in addition to being a playwright. The three musketeers series, the marie antoinette novels, the count of monte cristo, the valois trilogy and more illustrated. In 1843, he wrote a short novel, georges, that addressed some of the issues of race and the effects of colonialism.
In works such as the three musketeers and the count of monte crist o, dumas eschewed historical accuracy and literary elegance to craft stories that delivered nonstop action. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read french authors. Alexandre dumas books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. Sent to prison on a false accusation in 1815, edmond dantes escapes many years later and finds a treasure which he uses to exact his revenge. The plot of this novel revolves around the lives of the main characters named cesare borgia, alexander vi, lucrezia borgia, and giovanni borgia. Here you can find the best of this of alexandre dumas s historical novels, essays, plays, and travel books. A forthcoming book by the worlds leading dumas expert, plus a new movie, cast doubt on exactly how much classics like the count of monte cristo and the three musketeers were actually written by the flamboyant alexandre dumas, frances most popular 19th century writer that dumas used collaborators or ghostwriters to churn out his romantic. Id been a fan of alexandre dumas s musketeers novels since richard lesters 1973 film of the three musketeers had sent me looking for the source material, but it wasnt until around 2000, when i was sketching out a novel set in the same period, that i really started digging into the three musketeers 1844 and its sequels. Born in 1802, alexandre dumas would write some of the most popular books of 19th. The life of alexandre dumas, classic adventure writer. Alexandre dumas hardcover books for sale in stock ebay. Buy a cheap copy of the count of monte cristo great.