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Another strange tale by Alexandre Dumas is as spooky as it is remarkable, in that it is impossible to tell where it's going at any given point. It progresses in leaps and bounds, and you shall understand the fully intended pun when you listen to it.

Alexandre Dumas écrit La Route de Varennes dans un souci de vérité historique. Reprenant tour à tour les différents récits historiques pour en montrer les erreurs, l'auteur s’attache à reprendre la même route que Louis XVI et sa famille lors de leur fuite de Paris, pas à pas, pour trouver traces et témoignages de ce grand fait historique. Alexandre Dumas signe ici un un petit roman aussi instructif que réjouissant.

In questo particolarissimo saggio dalle inclinazioni romanzesche, Alexandre Dumas condensa tutto il proprio amore per l’arte e per l'Italia. Nel 1840, incaricato di comporre un testo sulla Galleria degli Uffizi, Dumas finisce per creare un vivido affresco di tre protagonisti assoluti del Rinascimento: Michelangelo, Tiziano e Raffaello. In "Tre maestri", quindi, abbiamo il privilegio di assistere al dialogo fra un grande romanziere del XIX secolo e i suoi artisti prediletti, potendo contare su un rigoroso metodo di ricerca e sulla sensibilità estetica dell’autore.

En medio de la guerra de la Fronda, dos mujeres, como dos mosqueteras, se enfrentan con todas sus armas: su belleza, su gran capacidad para la intriga, su amor y sus celos, sin renegar del coraje ni de sus dotes militares. Una es Nanon de Lartigues, la astuta y encendida amante del duque d'Épernon, fiel a Ana de Austria y al cardenal Mazarino.

A man is held prisoner for most of his life and is forced to wear a mask. There is much mystery surrounding the reason for the mask, but a likely reason is that the prisoner's true identity would threaten the reigning French King Louis XIV. This novel is thought to have some basis in fact, but as the situation was such a mystery at the time it is hard to speculate on what aspects of the current story might be accurate.

巴黎名妓玛格丽特为青年阿尔芒的真挚爱情所感动，毅然离开社交生活，与阿尔芒同居乡间。…… 巴黎名妓瑪格麗特為青年阿爾芒的真摯愛情所感動，毅然離開社交生活，與阿爾芒同居鄉間。

The Three Musketeers is a swashbuckling adventure in which the king of France's guards swear by the motto "All for one and one for all" and follow it with the utmost commitment. The Musketeers find themselves having a whole host of adventures, which serve as a training period for the young D'Argtagnan, who has always dreamed of a life with the Musketeers after hearing of them as a little boy. Fun and excitement for all the family, brilliantly read by Jonathan Hyde.

Questo è il romanzo finale del "Ciclo dei moschettieri", trilogia che inizia con "I Tre Moschettieri", e prosegue con "Venti anni dopo". Pubblicato a puntate nel 1847, ha ancora per protagonisti i quattro eroi dei romanzi precedenti, che sono adesso invecchiati e hanno seguito strade diverse, ma che, prima di morire, riusciranno ancora a ritrovare il loro affetto d'un tempo. Le avventure di cappa e spada dei primi romanzi diventano in questo avventure galanti e intrighi della corte di Luigi XIV.

The Three Musketeers is a swashbuckling story of derring-do. From d’Artagnan’s first meeting with Athos, Portos and Aramis, the Musketeers he so admires, Alexandre Dumas never lets up the pace of his story. His four heroes gallop through the land, trying to foil the murderous plots of the Cardinal and Milady without a thought for their own safety. Dumas depicts the characters with a vivid colour and an energy that brings to life all the fury of their conflicting passions.

Part local legend of a dark and dangerous Wolf-Leader, part childhood memories of his home near Villers-Cotterets, in Aisne, Dumas here penned a chilling supernatural encounter between man and the devil. Our hero, Thibault the shoemaker, is beaten on the orders of the Lord of Vez for hunting in the lord's forest. With Thibault's resentment at his treatment by the world at its height, the devil sees his chance and, in the guise of a wolf, proposes a deal which Thibault accepts; the ever available trade of one's soul for evil power.

Louis XIII had to be a Solomon. His queen produced twin male heirs - two sons of equal age with equal pretensions. Louis feared for France. One prince means peace and safety for the state, two are a recipe for civil war and anarchy. One son had to go. Louis could not kill him, but he could hide him in an iron mask. Such is the quality of paternal mercy.

The Man in the Iron Mask continues the adventures of the dauntless heroes of The Three Musketeers - Aramis, Athos, Porthos and d'Artagnan. In old age their swashbuckling ought to have been replaced by a more gentle way of life, but the veteran warriors find themselves at the center of a plot in which both hearts and heads are broken, and the very throne of France is at stake.

En 1825, une lutte sanglante et destructrice oppose la Russie et la Pologne.

UN RÉCIT FANTASTIQUE, ENTRE HALLUCINATIONS ET RÉALITÉ. Le jeune Hoffmann, violoniste talentueux, quitte sa fiancée Antonia pour gagner Paris et y conquérir le succès. Avant son départ, il jure d'être fidèle et de ne pas s'adonner au jeu. Las ! Hoffman arrive à Paris en pleine terreur révolutionnaire, alors que la ville est en proie à des dérèglements exacerbés par l'omniprésence de la mort. Pris dans un tourbillon d'amours vénales, de tables de jeu débridées et de rencontres magiques, Hoffmann oublie vite son serment.

"È da una galoppata in senso stretto che ha origine la fortuna della 'Signora delle camelie' e, successivamente, della 'Traviata' di Giuseppe Verdi. Un giorno di settembre del 1844, infatti, di ritorno da una passeggiata a cavallo Alexandre Dumas figlio si recò al teatro parigino dei Variétés, frequentato soprattutto da 'un'aristocrazia della galanteria' composta perlopiù da giovani mantenute e dai loro ricchi protettori. In quel variegato ambiente, quella sera, Dumas figlio incontrò la donna che avrebbe segnato la sua vita e la sua fortuna di romanziere.

Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan—the four musketeers—find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties. Deep inside the Bastille, a young prisoner called merely "Philippe" has languished for eight long years, completely unaware of his real name or the nature of his crime. But Aramis knows his secret—a secret so dangerous that it could change the face of the French monarchy and topple the King from his throne! Will Aramis' cause divide the once indivisible band of musketeers?

Un long séjour à Florence entraîne Alexandre Dumas à la découverte de l'art italien. Armé d'une quantité importante de sources constituées d'ouvrages d'historiens et de théoriciens de l'art allant de la Renaissance au XVIIIème siècle, Dumas présente les biographies de ces artistes remarquables de la Renaissance, réalisant avec une combinaison parfaite de données et d'anecdotes, les différentes facettes de ces vrais maîtres.

To paraphrase the note from the translator, The Celebrated Crimes of Alexandre Dumas père was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language - has minced no words - to describe violent scenes of violent times. In particular, the torture of Beatrice Cenci at the hands of the authorities of Rome is given in brutal and clinical detail, sparing nothing.In this, the second of the series, Dumas tells the frankly horrifying story of the tragic sons and daughers of Francesco Cenci.

Cos'è accaduto, dopo venti anni, della mitica amicizia dei Tre Moschettieri, poi allargatasi al guascone D'Artagnan, meno nobile ma non meno valoroso, anzi? Come in molti sequel, Dumas si trova a scrivere il suo secondo libro (nel 1845, un anno dopo la pubblicazione dei "Tre Moschettieri"), e riesce a illustrare con acume e non senza humour come la vita ha cambiato i nostri eroi.

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