CELEBRATED CRIMES Vol I, Part 1: The Borgias There are dreadful—perhaps scurrilous—rumors about the Borgias of renaissance Italy, and here Dumas, author of such classics as THE THREE MUSKETEERS, in his Celebrated Crimes series, dishes up the dirt in all its ugly glory. This book was not written for children. Dumas has minced no words in describing the violent scenes of a violent time. In some instances facts appear distorted out of their true perspective, and in others the author makes unwarranted charges. The careful, mature reader—for whom the books are intended—will recognize and allow for this fact. From 1839 to 1841, Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history. He featured Beatrice Cenci, Martin Guerre, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as more recent events and criminals, including the cases of the alleged murderers Karl Ludwig Sand and Antoine FranCois Desrues, who were executed.

Regal and dazzlingly beautiful, Mary was often misunderstood yet revered for the mystery of her life. Succumbing to the irresistible impulses of passion, she gambled away her throne for love. Unbelievable acts of abduction, rape and even murder were performed at her behest; she stopped at nothing. Ultimately, the deadly game of power she played and lost against her envious cousin, Elizabeth I, cost her not only her kingdom, but also her life. Betrayed by those she trusted most, pampered and adored even as she was led to her own beheading, she remained an enigma. Four centuries after her death, the legendary life of Mary Stuart Queen of Scots, as retold by Alexandre Dumas, still mesmerizes the listener with its drama and intrigue.

«Карл Людвиг Занд» - новелла великого французского писателя Александра Дюма (франц. Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870). \\\* Карл Людвиг Занд был немецким студентом, убившим консервативного писателя Августа фон Коцебу, непримиримого преследователя студенческой братии. Другими выдающимися произведениями автора являются «Черный тюльпан», «Три мушкетера», «Графиня де Монсоро», «Две Дианы», «Граф Монте-Кристо», «Учитель фехтования», «Двадцать лет спустя» и «Виконт де Бражелон». Александр Дюма – самый популярный французский писатель в мире, книгами которого зачитываются любители приключенческих историй и романтических развязок.

pubOne.info present you this new edition. One September afternoon in 1751, towards half-past five, about a score of small boys, chattering, pushing, and tumbling over one another like a covey of partridges, issued from one of the religious schools of Chartres. The joy of the little troop just escaped from a long and wearisome captivity was doubly great: a slight accident to one of the teachers had caused the class to be dismissed half an hour earlier than usual, and in consequence of the extra work thrown on the teaching staff the brother whose duty it was to see all the scholars safe home was compelled to omit that part of his daily task. Therefore not only thirty or forty minutes were stolen from work, but there was also unexpected, uncontrolled liberty, free from the surveillance of that black-cassocked overseer who kept order in their ranks. Thirty minutes! at that age it is a century, of laughter and prospective games! Each had promised solemnly, under pain of severe punishment, to return straight to his paternal nest without delay, but the air was so fresh and pure, the country smiled all around! The school, or preferably the cage, which had just opened, lay at the extreme edge of one of the suburbs, and it only required a few steps to slip under a cluster of trees by a sparkling brook beyond which rose undulating ground, breaking the monotony of a vast and fertile plain.

It is the story of crimes against the royalty. The vast split between the masses and the elite, the frustration and aggravation in the masses, heedlessness of the authorities and the consequences thereof are depicted. It is a powerful story that highlights the antagonism between the two classes.

In this seventh volume of his Celebrated Crimes, Dumas tells the three of the brutal excesses of Ali Pacha; the tale of the Countess of Saint Geran;and of Murat, whose courage became a legend in the days of the French revolution. Few men have understood themselves better or been on better terms with the orbit of their existence than Ali Pacha, and as the personality of an individual is all the more striking, in proportion as it reflects the manners and ideas of the time and country in which he has lived, so the figure of Ali Pacha stands out, if not one of the most brilliant, at least one of the most singular in contemporary history.

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Joachim-Napoléon Murat was the brother-in-law of Napoleon Boneparte, and held many titles in his life including Marshal of France, Grand Admiral of France, Grand Duke of Berg, and King of Naples. The story was first published as part of Dumas’s eight-volume series ‘Celebrated Crimes’ (1839 – 1840) and recounts Murat’s fall from favour and fascinating death – subsequent to Napoleon’s own demise.

An entertaining tale from Dumas' Celebrated Crime Series. The fast-paced plot, vivid descriptions and unexpected twists in the story will captivate you till the very end. Fascinating

Prima di finire tra i diciotto casi dei Delitti celebri di Alexandre Dumas padre, l'omicidio della marchesa di Ganges aveva già attratto il marchese de Sade. Verosimilmente a causa della crudeltà con cui si consumò la sorte, annunciata da una veggente, della bella e pura Marie di Rossan. Tanto famosa per la sua candida bellezza da essere ricordata da re e regine, era andata sposa in seconde nozze del marchese di Ganges, uomo dissoluto e avido; ed è nella cornice fosca del castello di famiglia, tra Avignone e Montpellier, che si attuò la cospirazione ordita dai fratelli del suo sposo. Dumas riporta il fatto da sperimentato cronista di nera, abile ad accentuare gli aspetti più sensazionali e a risuscitare nei colpi di scena il terrore della vittima.