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Спасибо, я вспомнила как убили Марию Антуанетту, когда была на экскурсии по Александровскому дворцу.
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The Knight of Maison-Rouge
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A major new translation of a forgotten classic
Paris, 1793, the onset of the Terror. Brave Republican Maurice rescues a mys-terious and beautiful woman from an angry mob and is unknowingly drawn into a secret Royalist plot—a plot revolving around the imprisoned Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, and her enigmatic and fearless champion, the Knight of Maison-Rouge. Full of surprising twists, breakneck adventure, conspiracies, swordplay, romance, and heroism, The Knight of Maison-Rouge is an exhilarating tale of selflessness, love, and honor under the shadow of the guillotine. Dumas here is at the very height of his powers, and with this first and only modern translation, readers can once again ride with the Knight of Maison-Rouge.
From the Hardcover edition.
Paris, 1793, the onset of the Terror. Brave Republican Maurice rescues a mys-terious and beautiful woman from an angry mob and is unknowingly drawn into a secret Royalist plot—a plot revolving around the imprisoned Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, and her enigmatic and fearless champion, the Knight of Maison-Rouge. Full of surprising twists, breakneck adventure, conspiracies, swordplay, romance, and heroism, The Knight of Maison-Rouge is an exhilarating tale of selflessness, love, and honor under the shadow of the guillotine. Dumas here is at the very height of his powers, and with this first and only modern translation, readers can once again ride with the Knight of Maison-Rouge.
From the Hardcover edition.
448 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1845
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448 pages, Paperback
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September 14, 2004 by Random House Publishing Group
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9780812969634
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0812969634
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English
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette ( German: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen; French: Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne de Habsbourg-Lorraine); (Vienna, 2 November 1755 – Paris, 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and ...
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Philippe De Taverney Maison Rouge
Fictional character of the Marie Antoinette romances. Philippe de Taverney Maison-Rouge is a French Nobleman, brother of Andrée de Taverney, Like her, after a life of disgraces he doesnt believe he can be happy, and lives a lonely life.He loves the ...
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Gilbert
Gilbert is a fictional character, one of the most important ones at the Marie Antoinette romances, or "Mémoires de une médicin".Gilbert is a poor man who lives in the Chateau de Taverney because his parents were the barons servants. He loves Andrée ...
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Catherine Billot
Fictional character of the Marie Antoinette romances.Catherine Billot is the daughter of a farmer. She fells in love with the Vicomte Isidore de Charny, who loves her too. Her father, however, believes the Vicomte is taking advantage of her, and tries to ...
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Ange Pitou
Ange Pitou is a character of Alexandre Dumas books. He is a brave, simple and gentle man. He participated of the taking of the Bastille with Père Billot, both of whom wanted to free Dr. Gilbert. He loves Catherine Billot, who has a natural son with ...
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Père Billot
Fictional character of the Marie Antoinette romances.Père Billot participates of the taking of the Bastille to rescue Dr. Gilbert. He resents aristocracy because he believes the Vicomte Isidore de Charny has dishonored his daughter, and because of the mas...
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This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.
Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.
Dumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career.
Dumas's father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. He became one of the leading authors of the French Romantic Movement, in Paris.
Excerpted from Wikipedia.
Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.
Dumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career.
Dumas's father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. He became one of the leading authors of the French Romantic Movement, in Paris.
Excerpted from Wikipedia.
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C'était étonnement romanesque, que d'émotions !
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The Reign of terror is in town, and Madame le Guillotine is HUNGRY!!
This is a classic "based on historical events" novel, with extremely passionate characters and Dumas' flair for over the top drama. great fun!
This is a classic "based on historical events" novel, with extremely passionate characters and Dumas' flair for over the top drama. great fun!
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"C’est que l’on a souvent pour ennemis des gens qu’on voudrait avoir pour amis."
I didn't even realize how much this book dragged me into the plot, how much I got involved. I also noticed, that A.Dumas' books are always full of education history wise. When you finish reading one of his books, you feel like you've learned so much more about the times the action took it's place.
This time I re-lived the XVIIIth, French revolution. Imagined myself walking down the streets of not so stable and safe Paris, following the characters of the book. And I loved every page of it.
I feel like Lorin deserves a golden medal for "The best 'best friend' of all time". Really. I loved his poetic and enthusiastic soul. Lorin - A friend that everybody NEEDS to have.
I didn't even realize how much this book dragged me into the plot, how much I got involved. I also noticed, that A.Dumas' books are always full of education history wise. When you finish reading one of his books, you feel like you've learned so much more about the times the action took it's place.
This time I re-lived the XVIIIth, French revolution. Imagined myself walking down the streets of not so stable and safe Paris, following the characters of the book. And I loved every page of it.
I feel like Lorin deserves a golden medal for "The best 'best friend' of all time". Really. I loved his poetic and enthusiastic soul. Lorin - A friend that everybody NEEDS to have.
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Intriguing, Fascinating & Memorable!
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The first thing I realized in reading this book was that I have a woeful lack of knowledge about the French Revolution. I now have to remedy that, so suggestions for good non-fiction accounts of the French Revolution are being accepted. :-)
I genuinely loved this book; it is definitely a "swashbuckler," but in all the best ways -- a great, dramatic tale, with great, honor-bound characters. I had somehow skipped over Dumas prior to this, but now will go back to scoop up the Three Musketeers and Count of Monte Cristo at some point. If you are in the mood for historical fiction, this is a worthy read.
I genuinely loved this book; it is definitely a "swashbuckler," but in all the best ways -- a great, dramatic tale, with great, honor-bound characters. I had somehow skipped over Dumas prior to this, but now will go back to scoop up the Three Musketeers and Count of Monte Cristo at some point. If you are in the mood for historical fiction, this is a worthy read.
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What about that ending boys and girls!...could you see it coming..Written before the Marie Antoinette series ,has no connection with that other than the queen, the times, and events..So one could read it separately without having previously read the first 5...Pretty gripping little fast paced drama..Has elements of Dickens's later,A Tale of Two Cities and The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy..
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4.25/5
Dumas was the first classic author I ever read — and loved. These last few months, even years, I forgot his books and turned to Anglo-Saxon authors which is something I want to change now. French classics are so diverse in genre and writing and i have read only a tiny bit of it.
I am so glad I did ! Le Chevalier de maison-rouge is pure Dumas. It is not his best I think, but it is entertaining, fun and dramatic. I love how he always interweaves historical events with terrible love stories and secret plans.
What didn’t work as best here is the love story which I found was not so interesting. It felt a little strained and not very natural...
Dumas was the first classic author I ever read — and loved. These last few months, even years, I forgot his books and turned to Anglo-Saxon authors which is something I want to change now. French classics are so diverse in genre and writing and i have read only a tiny bit of it.
I am so glad I did ! Le Chevalier de maison-rouge is pure Dumas. It is not his best I think, but it is entertaining, fun and dramatic. I love how he always interweaves historical events with terrible love stories and secret plans.
What didn’t work as best here is the love story which I found was not so interesting. It felt a little strained and not very natural...
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