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

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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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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask

Biography & Autobiography

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask

In the late 1600s a man was doubly-imprisoned: his body in an iron cell and his face in an iron mask. Who the “man in the iron mask” was, why he was imprisoned, and how he was treated during imprisonment, remains a...

John Van Stan 1 hour 42 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Derues, La Constantin

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Derues, La Constantin

Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history. Includes Vaninka and The Marquise De Ganges. —...

susanjhudson and 3 more 8 hours 11 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask, Martin Guerre

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask, Martin Guerre

Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history. Includes The Man in the Iron Mask and Martin...

RussellEric and 4 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples

The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regional warfare (like the 1345 War in the Piedmont), and ultimately unraveled...

John Van Stan 3 hours 43 minutes

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Plays

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Alexandre Dumas - Mademoiselle De Belle Isle

«The refined and fashionable audiences who… used to applaud the play of Mademoiselle de Belle Isle… would, in all probability, have objected to an English version of Dumas' clever play, upon the score of its...

2 hours 30 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 2: La Constantin

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 2: La Constantin

Dumas chronicles the court intrigues that led to the execution of Marie La Roux Constantin. La dame Constantin was known by French nobility in the 17th century as the “midwife to the Queen’s daughters.” This title...

John Van Stan 2 hours 32 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida (version 2)

Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history.. This volume tells the story of the infamous prison...

Nadja Fernandes and 4 more 1 hour 48 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 1: Desrues

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 1: Desrues

This story chronicles the crimes of Antoine-Francois Desrues (also called «Derues») from his childhood to his execution. Desrues constructed the veneer of a virtuous reputation that hid his ever-increasing deviancy...

John Van Stan 4 hours 24 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida

Biography & Autobiography

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida

This story details the many crimes (attempted rape, assault, filicide, etc.) surrounding a significant historical confrontation between a fisherman from the island of Nisida, named Gabriel, and the Italian Prince of...

John Van Stan 1 hour 29 minutes

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Alexandre Dumas - Paul Jones

Dumas's play talks of American Naval Hero John Paul Jones's romantic entanglements and affairs of honor ashore in France. He later converted it to a novel. — Summary by ToddHW Cast list: The Marquis D'Auray:...

2 hours 28 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier (version 2)

This is the dramatic story of Urbain Grandier, a catholic priest, who had a reputation to rival that of Casanova, which ultimately led to his destruction. He was accused of witchcraft after a series of accusations...

John Van Stan 3 hours 22 minutes

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