"Balsamo, the Magician; or, The Memoirs of a Physician" by Alexandre Dumas (translated by Henry Llewellyn Williams). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and...
Queen Margot is a historical novel set in Paris in August 1572 during the reign of Charles IX. The story is based on real characters and events. The novel's protagonist is Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of the deceased Henry II and the infamous scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Medici. Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering up Margot in marriage to prominent Huguenot and King of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon, a marriage that was supposed...
Set in 1625, «The Three Musketeers» recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although D'Artagnan is not able to join this elite corps immediately, he befriends the three most formidable musketeers of the age: Athos, Porthos and Aramis and gets involved in affairs of the state and court. Dumas frequently works into the plot various injustices, abuses and absurdities of the old regime, giving the...
"The Sicilian Bandit" by Alexandre Dumas. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
Im 2. Band dieser Reihe (in der Originalversion lautete der Titel «Berühmte Verbrechen») lesen wir drei Romane. In «Derues» wird der Lebensweg und die Verbrecherkarriere von Antoine-Francois Derues geschildert, welcher 1777 zum Tode verteilt und hingerichtet wurde. "Johanna von Neapel" ist die junge schöne Königin, deren Weg von Verbrechen, Krieg, der Pest und vielen Männern im Bett begleitet wird, bevor sie 1382 erdrosselt wurde. In «La Constatin» wird die wahre Geschichte von Marie...
First serialized between March and July of 1844, Alexandre Dumas’s “The Three Musketeers” is one of the author’s most famous works, the opening installment in the “d'Artagnan Romances.” A timeless tale of adventure, romance, intrigue, and revenge, it is the captivating story of d’Artagnan, a young man of Gascony, who is determined to become a Musketeer of the Royal Guard. Through his wit and skill with a sword, he befriends the other Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together they...
Inmitten des historischen Rahmens von Katharina Howard, fünfte Ehefrau von Heinrich VIII. von England und ihrer Hinrichtung am 13. Februar 1542 erfand Dumas einen fiktiven Lord Ethelword, Herzog von Dierham, der diesem Roman prägt. Von der historischen Wahrheit allerdings weit entfernt. Der Roman wurde in Fortsetzungen von der Zeitschrift «Der Erzähler. Ein Unterhaltungsblatt für Jedermann» 1844 veröffentlicht. Die Übersetzung durch Ludwig von Alvensleben wurde der heutigen Zeit angepasst und...
"Garibaldi e Montevideo" di Alexandre Dumas. Pubblicato da Good Press. Good Press pubblica un grande numero di titoli, di ogni tipo e genere letterario. Dai classici della letteratura, alla saggistica, fino a libri più di nicchia o capolavori dimenticati (o ancora da scoprire) della letteratura mondiale. Vi proponiamo libri per tutti e per tutti i gusti. Ogni edizione di Good Press è adattata e formattata per migliorarne la fruibilità, facilitando la leggibilità su ogni tipo di dispositivo....