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Alexandre Dumas (also known as Dumas pÃ?¨re) (1802-1870) was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century. Dumas is best known for the historical novels The Three Musketeers… Mehr…

Alexandre Dumas (also known as Dumas p�¨re) (1802-1870) was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century. Dumas is best known for the historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte-Cristo, both written within the space of two years, 1844-45, and which belong to the foundation works of popular culture. He was among the first, along with Honor�© de Balzac and Eug�¨ne Sue, who fully used the possibilities of roman feuilleton, the serial novel. Dumas is credited with revitalizing the historical novel in France, although his abilities as a writer were under dispute from the beginning. Dumasâ�� works are fast-paced adventure tales that blend history and fiction, but on the other hand, they are entangled, melodramatic, and actually not faithful to the historical facts. Alexandre Dumas was born in Villes-Cotter�ªts. His grandfather was a French nobleman, who had settled in Santo Domingo; his paternal grandmother, Marie-Cessette, was an Afro-Caribbean, who had been a black slave in the then French colony. Dumasâ��s father was a general in Napoleonâ��s army, who had fallen out of favor. After his death in 1806 the family lived in poverty. Dumas worked as a notaryâ��s clerk and went in 1823 to Paris to find work. Due to his elegant handwriting he secured a position with the Duc dâ��Orl�©ans - later King Louis Philippe. He also found his place in theater and as a publisher of some obscure magazines. An illegitimate son called Alexandre Dumas fils, whose mother, Marie-Catherine Labay, was a dressmaker, was born in 1824. Dumas fils gained fame with his novel The Lady of the Camillas, in which a fallen girl, the heroine, gives up her lover rather than see him become a social outcast. Digital Content>E-books>Biography>Historical Biog,Memoir>Hist Biog,Memoir, Read Books Ltd. Digital >16<

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The Queen's Necklace is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the … Mehr…

The Queen's Necklace is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an episode involving fraud and royal scandal that made headlines at the court of Louis XVI in the 1780s.The novel first appeared in serialised form in La Presse. The story takes place between 1784 and 1785. It is the second in a series of four novels focused on the character of Cagliostro, presented by Dumas as the man pulling all the strings of the affair. Digital Content>E-books>Biography>Historical Biog,Memoir>Hist Biog,Memoir, Read Books Ltd. Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781473376267

By Alexandre Dumas PRINT ISBN: 9781473376267 E-TEXT ISBN: 9781473376267 Edition: 0 Media > Books > eBooks eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., Read Books … Mehr…

By Alexandre Dumas PRINT ISBN: 9781473376267 E-TEXT ISBN: 9781473376267 Edition: 0 Media > Books > eBooks eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., Read Books Ltd.<

ISBN: 9781473376267

by Alexandre Dumas, PRINT ISBN: 9781473326705 E-TEXT ISBN: 9781473376267 Read Books Ltd. eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., Read Books Ltd.

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The Queen's Necklace Queens-Necklace~~Alexandre-Dumas Biography>Historical Biog/Memoir>Hist Biog/Memoir NOOK Book (eBook), Read Books Ltd.