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The Regent's Daughter
by Alexandre DumasThe Regent's Daughter is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, written in 1845, and later adapted as a "serio-comic" play in five acts. It has sometimes been subtitled as a sequel to The Conspirators. In 1957-1958 it was also adapted into a newspaper comic by Gilbert Bloch...
La Constantin
by Alexandre DumasLa Constantin is part of Alexandre Dumas' series of novels Celebrated Crimes. It recounts the semi-fictionalised story of Marie Leroux and her accomplice Claude. A history of the retribution which overtook these dastardly criminals, this tale of low morals and deep corruption in seventeenth century France will appeal to lovers of true crime li..
Nisida
by Alexandre DumasNisida is a historical fiction novel written by Alexandre Dumas as part of his series celebrated crimes. One of the most notorious prisons in Italy, if not Europe, the Nisida was built on a small island just off the coast of Naples, and had a reputation for being a wretched place synonymous with cruelty and unbearable conditions. This se..
Vaninka
by Alexandre DumasThe story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric rule of Emperor Paul I of Russia. Vaninka is a general’s daughter whose love for one of her father’s officers leads to tragic death, savage crimes and perversions of justice...
Derues
by Alexandre DumasDerues is written by Alexandre Dumas as part of his novel series Celebrated crimes. Delve into the annals of criminal history with this spine-chilling volume from famed historical fiction writer Alexandre Dumas (pere). Antoine-Francois Desrues was an eighteenth-century French merchant who turned to poison as his weapon of choice when his financial ..
Armadale
by Wilkie CollinsArmadale is a novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1864–66. It is the third of his four 'great novels' of the 1860s: after The Woman in White and No Name, and before The Moonstone. The story spans two generations of the Armadale families and the complex plot combines several of Collins's favourite themes, including the supernatural, ide..
Basil
by Wilkie CollinsBasil (1852) is the second novel written by British author Wilkie Collins, after Antonina. Basil was published in 1852 and dedicated to Charles Ward. It was Collins's second full-length work of fiction and first contemporary novel. In the introduction, he warns the reader that he has 'not hesitated to violate the conventiona..
Blind Love
by Wilkie CollinsBlind Love is Wilkie Collins’s final novel. Although he did not live to complete the work, he left detailed plans for the last third of this absorbingly plotted novel which were faithfully executed by his colleague, the popular author Walter Besant. The novel is set during the Irish Land War of the early 1880s and tells the story of Iris Henley, an..