CELEBRATED CRIMES

By Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

A good novelist needs be a good historian. Alexandre Dumas was a novelist who knew his history. At least in his early works, he was meticulous in his research. This series of books are histories which place most romantic novels in the shade; they cover many centuries and many lands—those concerning the Rennaissance Popes are especially intriguing.

CONTENTS

[THE BORGIAS]
[THE CENCI]
[MASSACRES OF THE SOUTH]
[MARY STUART]
[KARL-LUDWIG SAND]
[URBAIN GRANDIER]
[NISIDA]
[DERUES]
[LA CONSTANTIN]
[JOAN OF NAPLES]
[THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK] (The Essay, not the Novel)
[MARTIN GUERRE]
[ALI PACHA]
[THE COUNTESS DE SAINT GERAN]
[MURAT]
[THE MARQUISE DE BRINVILLIERS]
[VANINKA]
[THE MARQUISE DE GANGES]

PASSAGES FROM EACH VOLUME

NOTE

Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language—has minced no words—to describe the violent scenes of a violent time.