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Title: The Knight of Maison-Rouge : A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Julie Rose, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 0-679-64298-6 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Translation of a Neglected Dumas Classic
Comment: This book is an exciting conclusion to Dumas' "Revolutionary" book cycle. The first four books in the series are also well worth your time...but they may be a little difficult to track down. They are (in order): "Memoirs of a Physician", "The Queen's Necklace", "Ange Pitou", "Countess De Charny" and finally "The Knight of Maison-Rouge." Read together they tell a story every bit as thrilling as the Musketeer cycle. Pick this one up in hardcover while you can (I think the last US edition of this title was published in 1906, and this translation if much superior). Vive Dumas!
Rating: 5
Summary: Do not miss this book !!!!!!
Comment: Having read most of what Dumas has written, I can only say that this is one of his best novels. It is adventurous, fast paced and written in a superb manner.
This book is a true delight and it is very hard to put down. It is one of Dumas' lesser known pieces, and has not been published anywhere in quite a few years so it was not easy to find before this new hardback edition.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tough subject, good book
Comment: It is conceivable to see how this book could get a negative review. It is not an easy read on any level. Semantically it can be difficult due to its translation and many of the principal events require some limited knowledge of French history to be fully understood. Its subject, the French Revolution, is not a simple topic to broach. Nevertheless, Dumas manages to convey the gravity and despair of this time period in a brilliant manner. This book certainly does not leave the reader with a warmhearted feeling after completion. It is instead an accurate, and at times brutal, reflection of a cruel and turbulent world. The scenes with Marie Antoinette are particularly well done. For anyone who has an interest in her, you will find this book very fulfilling.
Overall this was a good read, well worth the time.
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Title: The Lost King of France : How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette by Deborah Cadbury ISBN: 0312320299 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 23 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Necklace and Other Tales by Joachim Neugroschel, Adam Gopnik, Guy De Maupassant ISBN: 0679641726 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 1589632095 Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.50 |
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Title: LA Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas, David Coward ISBN: 019283844X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Farewell, My Queen: A Novel by Chantal Thomas, Moishe Black ISBN: 0807615145 Publisher: George Braziller Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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