Works by Amédée Achard
This author is not as familiar to American and English readers as the merit of his work would warrant, but it is a positive pleasure to exploit the writings of one so well equipped for a foremost position in the school of which Alexandre Dumas, Theophile Gautier and Stanley J. Weyman are the accepted standards. Mons. Achard's works are popular favorites with the French people, and the excellent translations of his best novels which we are presenting to the public in moderate-priced editions cannot fail to please and satisfy all lovers of "The Three Musketeers," and works of like tenor.
Belle Rose—A Romance of the Cloak and Sword. Translated by William Hale, with a biography of the author. Five full-page illustrations. 12mo, 368 pages. Cloth binding. $1.25
"Belle-Rose" is a romance in which the hero undertakes and conquers all manner of difficulties for the love of a woman. The author throws the glamour of love and war over all, introducing such celebrated characters in history as to give it an air of reality.
The Dragoons of La Guerche—A Sequel to "The Huguenot's Love." Translated by Richard Duffy. Five full-page illustrations. 12mo, 358 pages. Cloth binding. $1.25
Although "The Huguenot's Love" is so complete and fascinating a story in itself, the sequel is bound to prove a still greater satisfaction to the reader. In "The Dragoons of La Guerche" we find the two heroes of the former tale riding at the head of their band of cavalry through the most hostile territory of Europe in the quest of the two fair women they loved.
The Sword of a Gascon. Translated by William Hale. Five full-page illustrations. 12mo, 289 pages. Cloth binding. $1.25
This story of the reign of Louis XIV. is a typical "romance of the cloak and sword." The Gascon hero is bold and daring, like all those of his race. He is an accomplished swordsman, a gallant cavalier, who pays court to an inn-keeper's daughter or the niece of a cardinal with equal grace and equal success.
The Huguenot's Love. Translated by Richard Duffy. Five full-page illustrations. 12mo, 333 pages. Cloth binding. $1.25
In this volume the gifted author gives a splendid picture of the religious strife which paralyzed all Europe in the middle of the seventeenth century. The two main characters are in religion enemies, but personally the dearest of friends. They are valiant Frenchmen, who under the standard of Gustavus Adolphus, engaged in the immortal Thirty Years' War. Their sweethearts follow them in their expedition and incur some marvelous adventures.