Alexandre Dumas
1) Camille
2) Amaury
Amaury es una novela romántica que trata sobre la temática de los celos en un París de los años 1839-1840.
Amaury el personaje principal está completamente enamorado de Madeleine y quieren casarse. Sin embargo la enfermedad se instala entre ellos y los separa drásticamente.
Esta novela, anterior a Los tres mosqueteros estuvo en el olvido más de un siglo y hoy merece un lugar entre las obras maestras de la novela sentimental.
El tulipán negro (La tulipe noire) es una novela histórica que comienza con el linchamiento del ministro holandés Johan de Witt, un hecho histórico, y se desarrolla los meses siguientes al asesinato. En la ciudad de Haarlem se organiza un concurso para v er qui puede cultivar un tulipán negro...
La Dame de Monsoreau is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. It owes its name to the counts who owned the famous château de Montsoreau. The novel is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Count de Bussy and the woman he adores, la Dame de Monsoreau. Chicot the Jester is a character in the novel, and in some English translations he is the title
...Learn more about some of the most infamous criminals ever to walk the earth in this massive compilation from one of the foremost writers of historical fiction, Alexandre Dumas. In often-chilling detail, Dumas recounts murders, heists, and all manner of malfeasance from centuries of European history.
«La Dama de las Camelias» es una de las obras más admiradas por la crítica y el público del francés Alejandro Dumas; fue tanta su popularidad que Giuseppe Verdi se inspiró en ella para componer La Traviata. Inspirada en la figura de Marie Dupleiss, se nos narra la historia de la cortesana Marguerite Gautier y su relación con el joven Armand Duval. Sin duda, una de las historias de amor más hermosa y trágica que jamás se hayan escrito,
...13) A Tulipa Negra
Nobody has ever detailed history's most ruthless rulers and tyrants with as much flair and passion as French writer Alexandre Dumas. This gripping exposition of the Borgias, the Italian clan that earned notoriety as one of the world's most power-hungry and corrupt families, is a pulse-pounding read that fans of the true crime genre will find hard to put down.
Celebrated as one of the masters of historical fiction, Alexandre Dumas, pere wrote such masterworks as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. His series Celebrated Crimes delved into eight historical capers, transgressions, and scandals. This life of Joan of Naples, the 14th century European monarch whose reign and romances were both famously tumultuous, was one of the most popular volumes of the series.
One of the most acclaimed writers of historical fiction turns his focus to the French Revolution. Taking the Bastile is one in a series of novels in which Dumas works his unique magic in retelling one of the most volatile periods of social upheaval in European history, weaving the tale of plucky orphan Pitou with the political events that were unfolding on a grand scale.
Can't get enough true crime? Love to hate history's miscreants? Dive into a juicy slice of early modern history with this gripping account of the life of Ali Pacha, a "remorseless tyrant" who ruled over part of the Ottoman Empire with an iron fist. This account of Pacha's many transgressions will enthrall and appall even longtime fans of the true crime genre.
Set in Holland in the late 17th century, The Black Tulip is the story of Cornelius De Witt, a tulip grower who aspires to grow the elusive black tulip. Following the murder of his brother John De Witt, Cornelius is caught up in a web of political intrigue. In The Black Tulip, Dumas masterfully weaves the historical events that surrounded Holland during the tulip-mania of the 17th century into a gripping political allegory.
