Alexandre Dumas: La reine Margot ;: La dame de Monsoreau (Les grands romans d'Alexandre Dumas)

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La reine Margot ;: La dame de Monsoreau (Les grands romans d'Alexandre Dumas)

by Alexandre Dumas

La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world's greatest and best-loved story-tellers. This revised edition of the classic... (read more)

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“Queen Margot is an action-adventure novel by probably the best action-adventure writer, Alexander Dumas. Set in France in 1572, during the height of Catholic-Protestant wars, the story tells of conspiracies, plots, trysts, murders, poisonings and love. The story centers on Marguerite de Valois, sister of the French King Charles IX. Forced to marry a man she doesn’t love, she enters into a political marriage that is supposed to bring peace between Catholics and Protestants. Then after all...”

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natalia said:

“For some reasons, people do not know Dumas' one of the most famous noves Queen Margo. I would recomend everybody to read this book, as though it is based on real events, such as the wars of Religion between Catholics and Hugemouns (Protestants). It also shows Queen true but "illegal" love that is very sad. It's worth reading, you won't regret”

posted Monday, May 26 2008

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