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In questo racconto lungo Dumas si esprime in una storia romanzata più che in un romanzo storico e narra dell'intrigo che portò all'omicidio, nel 1537, di Alessandro de' Medici, soprannominato il Moro, che aveva iniziato a schiacciare, sotto l'egida del papato, la repubblica fiorentina con tratti sempre più "principeschi", usando sopraffazioni e violenze.

Paris, 1793. Lieutenant Maurice Lindey is an ardent young republican who hates tyranny and injustice whether they come from the left or right. But such even-handedness is a liability at a time when addressing someone as "monsieur" instead of "citizen" can bring one to the guillotine. Maurice makes daily visits to his love, Genevieve Dixmer, who lives in a quarter known as the hiding place of the Chevalier of Maison Rouge, a daring counterrevolutionary with notorious plans to free Marie Antoinette, who languishes in prison awaiting trial and inevitable execution.

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.

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.

The prolific Alexandre Dumas, père, first published his famous eight-volume crime series in Paris in 1845. It contained 18 stories which, as the author notes in the introduction, had “the added value of giving the modern reader a clear picture of the state of semi-lawlessness which existed in Europe, during the middle ages.” In Volume 3, Dumas relates the tragic fate of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, following the death of her husband, Lord Darnley.

In Volume Four, Dumas relates the 1819 murder of German dramatist August von Kotzebue by Karl Ludwig Sand, the campaign to destroy Father Urbain Grandier in 1634, who was successfully convicted of witchcraft and put to a brutal death, and the consequences of the amorous relationship between the prince of Brancaleone and Nisida.

In Celebrated Crimes [eight volumes: this version, 1895], Dumas the elder, recognised master of historical fiction (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers) turns to historical fact. In this volume: Joan of Naples. The much-married queen does what she must to survive ‘the violence and treachery of this barbarous age’. ‘An angel soiled by crime, she lied like Satan himself .’ The Man in The Iron Mask (an essay). How much of the well-known story is fact, and how much fiction?

In his eighth and final volume of his compilation of the most notorious deeds in European history at his point in time, Alexandre Dumas tells the story of three femmes fatales and the deaths that followed in their wake. The Marquise de Brinvilliers was a serial poisoner, Vaninka, an arsonist, and although the Marquise de Ganges did no killing herself, her beauty and desirability caused others to kill for her.

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.

This volume relates the stories of the Borgias and the Cenci. The former, a family of Spanish adventurers, came to dominate the Italian peninsula, and, when Rodergio Borgia became Pope Alexander VI, the world of Christendom, in the late 15th century. The Cenci was an aristocratic family, in which rampant sexual and domestic abuse led to murder and very public execution.

Einer für alle und alle für einen - so lautet das oberste Gebot der drei furchtlosen Verfechter der Gerechtigkeit...

In the second entry of his compilation of the most notorious deeds in European history at his point in time, Alexandre Dumas composes an essay covering a span of nearly 300 years of strife between the Catholics and Protestants of Southern France. Dumas recounts numerous instances of bloody conflict, unruly mobs, assassination, and political turmoil as the Protestants of the region fight to live and worship as they choose and Catholics endeavor to suppress a dangerous threat to their hegemony.

Ce roman présente un portrait idéalisé de la reine Marie-Antoinette mais il montre aussi la "folie" de la haute noblesse à cette époque...

La baronne de Barthèle attend son vieil ami et amant le comte de Montgiroux, pair de France. Son fils Maurice, marié à la nièce du comte, se meurt de fièvre cérébrale. Sur la suggestion du médecin de Maurice, la baronne a accepté de faire venir à son château Mme Ducoudray qui pourrait apaiser la fièvre du mourant. À son arrivée, la dame apprend le but de sa visite, sauver Maurice - Maurice, prénom qui ne lui est pas inconnu. Le comte découvre lui que Mme Ducoudray n'est autre que Fernande, la courtisane qu'il a pris pour maîtresse.

Auf einem alten Klepper, mit fünfzehn Talern und den guten Ratschlägen seines Vaters macht sich der junge d'Artagnan auf den Weg nach Paris. Dort duelliert er sich mit drei Musketieren des König und gewinnt so ihre Freundschaft. Als der bei Hofe einflussreiche Kardinal Richelieu gegen die Königin intrigiert, ruft diese die Musketiere zu Hilfe.

Invité à une partie de chasse, Alexandre Dumas se trouve, le soir venu, réuni à d'autres convives dans une ferme située au milieu des bois : son hôte le docteur Ledru, et une charmante et énigmatique dame polonaise. Alors qu'un violent orage éclate au dehors, chacun décide de raconter une histoire étrange dont il a été le témoin.

Es sollte der schönste Tag im Leben von Edmond Dantés werden. Er wollte heiraten, und sich als Kapitän einen Namen machen. Doch all seine Träume wurden zu Albträumen. Plötzlich wird er gefangen genommen, und inhaftiert. Er soll dem gestürzten Kaiser Napoleon nahegestanden haben, und ist jetzt ein Staatsfeind.

"Einer für alle, alle für einen!" ist das Motto der drei unzertrennlichen Abenteurer Athos, Porthos und Aramis. Und bald auch für d'Artagnan, den jungen Draufgänger und Held der turbulenten Handlung. Von Anfang an sorgen der Erzähler Ulrich Pleitgen und die wuchtige Musik von Hans Peter Pflug dafür, dass sich der Hörer wie im Kino fühlt.

Der junge, aus verarmten Landadel stammende d'Artangnan verlässt seine gascognische Heimat und zieht nach Paris, um sich in den Dienst König Ludwigs XIII. zu stellen...