Alexandre Dumas

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Alexandre Dumas - Queen's Necklace

The Queen's Necklace is historical fiction based on an actual scandal in the court of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI during 1784-85, «The Diamond Necklace Affair». The Diamond Necklace Affair contributed to the...

Gail Timmerman Vaughan 12 hours 20 minutes

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d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later

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Alexandre Dumas - d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later

Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d’Artagnan as Lieutenant of the King’s Musketeers. In this post, he is very near to achieving...

John Van Stan 31 hours 29 minutes d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

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d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)

Historical Fiction

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Alexandre Dumas - d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)

Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after «The Three Musketeers.» Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnated, he’s lost touch with his friends, and the high favor earned with Queen Anne has been...

John Van Stan 28 hours 10 minutes d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

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d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Alexandre Dumas - d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)

The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of the most adored French musketeer of that period, Charles de Batz-Castelmore...

John Van Stan 26 hours 34 minutes d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 3: The Marquise de Ganges

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 3: The Marquise de Ganges

The assassination of Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc (the Marquise de Ganges) is a fitting tale to conclude Dumas’ celebrated crimes series. This event was as gruesome as it was brazen and, before the final dagger...

John Van Stan 2 hours 14 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 2: Vaninka

Biography & Autobiography

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 2: Vaninka

The story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric rule of Emperor Paul I of Russia. Vaninka is a general’s daughter whose love...

John Van Stan 2 hours 12 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Alexandre Dumas - Three Musketeers, Version 2

D’Artagnan, son of a poor Gascon aristocrat, travels to Paris to seek his fortune. His family connections enable him to obtain a position in a Guard regiment. His provincial ingenuousness and his hot-headed sense of...

Mark F. Smith 26 hours 40 minutes d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 1: The Marquise de Brinvilliers

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 1: The Marquise de Brinvilliers

The crimes of the Marquise of Brinvilliers, a French aristocrat during the reign of Louis XIV, included some of the most famous murders, scandals (Affair of the Poisons) and mysteries (the Man in the Iron Mask) in...

John Van Stan 2 hours 52 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 3: Murat

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 3: Murat

Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Naples, Joachim Murat. Murat, unhappy with the deal he made to obtain pardon from...

John Van Stan 1 hour 33 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 2: Countess de Saint-Geran

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 2: Countess de Saint-Geran

This story details the crimes and trial surrounding the unexpected pregnancy and subsequent childbirth of the Countess de Saint-Geran in 1640s France. Familial jealousies harbored by her sister-in-law, the Marchioness...

John Van Stan 1 hour 47 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 1: Ali Pacha

Biography & Autobiography

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 1: Ali Pacha

Ali Tepeleni, Pacha of Janina, rose to power during the early 1800s in one of the Ottoman Empire’s most unruly territories (Albania). His ferocious imposition of will was limitless, earning him the sobriquet of “the...

John Van Stan 4 hours 27 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 3: Martin Guerre

Historical Fiction

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 3: Martin Guerre

Martin Guerre was a French peasant that, during a long absence, was famously impersonated in the 16th century. Although the real Martin Guerre is suspected of no serious crimes, his imposter, Arnaud du Tilh, engaged...

John Van Stan 1 hour 46 minutes

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