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The War of Women, Volume 2
by Alexandre DumasIn "Twenty Years After" Dumas dealt with the earlier stages of the War of the Fronde,—the arrest of the three counsellors of the Parliament of Paris, Charton, Blancmesnil, and Broussel, the "day of barricades," of which the Abbé de Gondy, coadjutor to the Archbishop of Paris, afterwards Cardinal de Retz, claims to have been the author, and the flig..
Taking the Bastile
by Alexandre DumasTaking the Bastile; Or, Pitou the Peasant is a novel of the fall of Louis XVI and his royal family written by Alexandre Dumas. Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to service. How can this man, Pitou the Peasant (as the subtitle of the nove..
Karl Ludwig Sand
by Alexandre DumasKarl Ludwig Sand is a historical fiction work of Alexandre Dumas and part of his novel series celebrated crimes. Karl Ludwig Sand was a German student who belonged to a liberal student association. After being found guilty of the murder of the conservative dramatist August von Kotzebu, he was executed in 1820, and became considered as a martyr by a..
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...
The Sicilian Bandit
by Alexandre DumasMany of Alexandre Dumas' most beloved works are swashbuckling tales of justice and honor, such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. In the short novel The Sicilian Bandit, Dumas turns the tables and recounts the exploits of a brazen and brilliant crook, Pascal Bruno.An episode of “Captain Paul”, it is a classic tale of love, pride..
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...