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Bli bekant med de viktigaste författarna under det franska 1800-talets tid, romanernas och realismens tid, som formade politisk, filosofisk och konstnärlig tanke och vilket inflytande fortfarande kan kännas i vår kultur.

Alexandre Dumas är en författare med stor framgång. Vi är skyldiga honom trilogin av De tre musketörerna, förebilden för kappan och dolk roman. Liksom Greven av Monte Cristo, Drottning Margot eller Vicomte de Bragelonne Dumas far kvick skriver omedelbart störtar lyssnaren in i äventyret. Dumas romaner publicerats i serieform, och publiken gav honom ett hem som tidningar Dumas betala tio gånger priset påverkar hans kolleger författare; Idag är det fortfarande förekommer i hjärtat hos dem som älskar äventyr, slåss och förstör repliker.

Alexandre Dumas is een auteur te groot succes. Wij zijn hem de trilogie van "The Three Musketeers", het boegbeeld van de mantel en dolk roman. Net als de graaf van Monte Cristo, Koningin Margot, of de Vicomte de Bragelonne Dumas vader pittige schrijven duikt meteen de luisteraar in het avontuur. Dumas romans worden gepubliceerd in serievorm, en het publiek gaf hem een ​​huis als kranten Dumas loon tien keer de prijs die zijn collega-schrijvers beïnvloeden; vandaag de dag is het nog steeds aanwezig is in het hart van de liefhebbers van avontuur, vechten en vernietigend replica's.

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The original swashbuckling novel! Heroic, chivalrous swordsmen fight for justice! 

Det er årene 1676-79: Kongen i Frankrig er den svage Henri III. Kongens broder, hertug François af Anjou, stræber efter magten, og det samme gør hertugerne af Lothringen. Sammen danner de "Den hellige katolske liga" med det formål at styrke katolicismen mod huguenotterne - og overtage magten i Frankrig. Imens prøver den alvidende hofnar Chicot, som kongen ser op til, at ødelægge deres spil. Midt i dette spil fanges hertug François' undergivne grev de Bussy, "den tapreste af alle franskmænd", og hans elskede Diana, der ved skæbnens ugunst og intriger er blevet gift med Henri III's hofjægermeste

Marguerite Gautier, vom Luxus verwöhnte Mätresse zahlungskräftiger Herren der Gesellschaft, lernt mit dem jungen Armand Duval die echte Liebe kennen. Um seinetwillen ist sie bereit, ihr unmoralisches Leben aufzugeben, um mit ihm ein einfaches Leben auf dem Lande zu beginnen. Wäre da nur nicht Armands Vater, der um die Familienehre fürchtet. Mit seinem 1848 erschienenen Roman setzte Alexandre Dumas dem Typus der sündigen, aber edelmütigen Kurtisane ein literarisches Denkmal.

Le plus étonnant des romans d'amour au temps de la Révolution Française. Un médecin éveille à la vie et à la joie une fillette, une "innocente" : les sentiments les plus tendres s'épanouissent entre eux, mais les jeunes gens sont brutalement séparés. Le médecin se lance alors dans la politique et devient à Paris, au sein de la Convention, le compagnon fidèle du grand Danton. Toute l'épopée de la patrie en danger traverse ce livre où l'amour et la mort éprouvent tour à tour les héros.

Trois années de silence passent alors. Nous retrouvons Mérey au théâtre, à Paris, en 1796. Par hasard, il aperçoit Eva dans une loge. Ils se rencontrent, mais Jacques repousse Eva. Celle-ci, désespérée, se sauve pour aller se jeter dans la Seine... Le docteur se met à sa poursuite, la sauve, mais repousse toujours son amour. Elle offre de devenir sa servante et de lui remettre tous ses biens afin qu'il fonde un hospice dans le château de son père.

"È da una galoppata in senso stretto che ha origine la fortuna della 'Signora delle camelie' e, successivamente, della 'Traviata' di Giuseppe Verdi. Un giorno di settembre del 1844, infatti, di ritorno da una passeggiata a cavallo Alexandre Dumas figlio si recò al teatro parigino dei Variétés, frequentato soprattutto da 'un'aristocrazia della galanteria' composta perlopiù da giovani mantenute e dai loro ricchi protettori. In quel variegato ambiente, quella sera, Dumas figlio incontrò la donna che avrebbe segnato la sua vita e la sua fortuna di romanziere.

Die Königin von Frankreich liebt den Herzog von Buckingham und schenkt ihm zum Andenken ihre Diamantenbrosche. Der König, von Kardinal Richelieu dazu überredet, lädt die Königin zu einem Fest mit der Bitte, dabei jene Brosche zu tragen. Um die Ehre der Königin zu retten, stürzen sich d'Artagnan und die drei Musketiere in ein Abenteuer auf Leben und Tod.

Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

In questo racconto lungo Dumas si esprime in una storia romanzata più che in un romanzo storico e narra dell'intrigo che portò all'omicidio, nel 1537, di Alessandro de' Medici, soprannominato il Moro, che aveva iniziato a schiacciare, sotto l'egida del papato, la repubblica fiorentina con tratti sempre più "principeschi", usando sopraffazioni e violenze.

Cos'è accaduto, dopo venti anni, della mitica amicizia dei Tre Moschettieri, poi allargatasi al guascone D'Artagnan, meno nobile ma non meno valoroso, anzi? Come in molti sequel, Dumas si trova a scrivere il suo secondo libro (nel 1845, un anno dopo la pubblicazione dei "Tre Moschettieri"), e riesce a illustrare con acume e non senza humour come la vita ha cambiato i nostri eroi.

Volume Seven of Alexander' Dumas' catalogue of crime features three colourful historical figures. Albanian tyrant Ali Pacha (or Pasha) was a brigand who later became an operative of the Ottoman empire. After extending his territory to include large areas of Greece and Macedonia, and aspiring to become an independent leader, he attracted the enmity of the Sultan and was declared a rebel. He died in battle at the age of 80.

In Volume Four, Dumas relates the 1819 murder of German dramatist August von Kotzebue by Karl Ludwig Sand, the campaign to destroy Father Urbain Grandier in 1634, who was successfully convicted of witchcraft and put to a brutal death, and the consequences of the amorous relationship between the prince of Brancaleone and Nisida. 

The prolific Alexandre Dumas, père, first published his famous eight-volume crime series in Paris in 1845. It contained 18 stories which, as the author notes in the introduction, had “the added value of giving the modern reader a clear picture of the state of semi-lawlessness which existed in Europe, during the middle ages.” In Volume 3, Dumas relates the tragic fate of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, following the death of her husband, Lord Darnley.

In Celebrated Crimes [eight volumes: this version, 1895], Dumas the elder, recognised master of historical fiction (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers) turns to historical fact. In this volume: Joan of Naples. The much-married queen does what she must to survive ‘the violence and treachery of this barbarous age’. ‘An angel soiled by crime, she lied like Satan himself .’ The Man in The Iron Mask (an essay). How much of the well-known story is fact, and how much fiction?

The prolific Alexandre Dumas, père, first published his famous eight-volume crime series in Paris in 1839-40. It contained 18 stories, which, as the author notes in the introduction, had “the added value of giving the modern reader a clear picture of the state of semi-lawlessness which existed in Europe, during the middle ages.” In Volume 5, Dumas relates the lengths to which Antoine Derues will go in his pursuit of money, and the consequences of the dark works of Marie Leroux and her partner Claude Perregaud.

In his eighth and final volume of his compilation of the most notorious deeds in European history at his point in time, Alexandre Dumas tells the story of three femmes fatales and the deaths that followed in their wake. The Marquise de Brinvilliers was a serial poisoner, Vaninka, an arsonist, and although the Marquise de Ganges did no killing herself, her beauty and desirability caused others to kill for her.