ESCAPE FROM CHATEAU D'IF Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseille with great expectations. After all, had he not just been named captain of the Pharaon? After all, was he not to marry his beloved, the beautiful Mercedes? But Dantes had enemies. His shipmate, Danglars, wanted that captaincy. Fernand wanted Mercedes. Fernand and Danglars wrote a note accusing Edmond of conspiring in a plot to bring the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte back from Elbe. Edmond was arrested on his wedding day and taken before a political turncoat named Villefort. To cover up his own...
ESCAPE FROM CHATEAU D'IF Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseille with great expectations. After all, had he not just b...
Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseilles with great expectations.
But Dantes' enemies had him imprisoned in the dungeons of Chateau D'If.
In prison, Dantes met and befriended an Italian abbe who educated him and then, in death, helped him escape with a fabulous secret of a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo.
Rich and posing as the Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes returned with a beautiful companion named Haidee.
Dantes worked hard to ruin of the men who imprisoned him those many years are coming to fruition.
Danglars,...
THE FATE OF MONTE CRISTO
Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseilles with great expectations.
Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseilles with great expectations. But Dantes's enemies had him imprisoned in the dungeons of ChAteau D'If. Doomed to rot in prison, Dantes met and befriended an Italian abbE who educates him and then, in death, helped him escape with a fabulous secret of a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Then, rich and posing as the Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes returned with a beautiful companion named Haidee. With information from the landlord Caderousse, Dantes plotted the ruin of the men who imprisoned him those many years. Danglars,...
Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseilles with great expectations. But Dantes's enemies had him imprisoned in the dunge...
Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) was a French writer best known for his adventurous historical novels. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles. His most famous works The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne first appeared in serial form. Camille is a sentimental romance about a poor woman who is befriended by a rich duke who later wishes her to become his mistress. She is saved from that fate by the love of a poor but good man. Because of his family's disapproval, they must separate.
Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) was a French writer best known for his adventurous historical novels. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles. His ...
This dramatization of Sir Walter Scott's The Surgeon's Daughter tells how an ambitious politician, Richard Darlington, murders his wife to further his political career, becoming the epitome of the saying, "All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
This dramatization of Sir Walter Scott's The Surgeon's Daughter tells how an ambitious politician, Richard Darlington, murders his wife to further his...
Alexander Dumas (1802 u 1870) was a French writer best known for his adventurous historical novels. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles. His most famous works The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne first appeared in serial form. First published in 1850, The Black Tulip is set amid the political turmoil of seventeenth-century Holland. Two brothers develop a rare species of tulip. When they are unjustly accused of treason, a greedy tulip fancier sees the chance to claim the valuable discovery for himself.
Alexander Dumas (1802 u 1870) was a French writer best known for his adventurous historical novels. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles. His ...
"Robin Hood-Geschichten und Geschichte" enthalt nicht nur spannenden Erzahlungen uber den Helden von Sherwood Forrest, sondern klart auch eine Frage, die uns seit Kindertragen bewegt, ob Robin Hood tatsachlich gelebt hat.
"Robin Hood-Geschichten und Geschichte" enthalt nicht nur spannenden Erzahlungen uber den Helden von Sherwood Forrest, sondern klart auch eine Frage, ...
Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) was a French writer best known for his adventurous historical novels. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles. His most famous works The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne first appeared in serial form. Camille is a sentimental romance about a poor woman who is befriended by a rich duke who later wishes her to become his mistress. She is saved from that fate by the love of a poor but good man. Because of his family's disapproval, they must separate.
Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) was a French writer best known for his adventurous historical novels. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles. His ...
This vintage book contains both volumes of Alexandre Dumas s 1843 historical novel, "Ascanio." It is the fictionalised story of Benvenuto Cellin s time spent in France with his apprentice Cellini; a passionate but troubled man, tormented by life under the tyranny of an unrighteous court. Full of thrilling plot twists and villainous intrigue, this novel constitutes a must-read for fans of Dumas s work, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Alexandre Dumas (1802 1870) was a famous French writer. He is best remembered for his exciting romantic sagas, including "The Three...
This vintage book contains both volumes of Alexandre Dumas s 1843 historical novel, "Ascanio." It is the fictionalised story of Benvenuto Cellin s tim...
