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Title: The Knight of Maison-Rouge : A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Alexandre Dumas, Julie Rose, Lorenzo Carcaterra ISBN: 0-8129-6963-4 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 14 September, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (9 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A difficult read; know your history
Comment: Reading this book's description, I was anticipating a Scarlet Pimpernel-type adventure story. I was disappointed with the result. I admire Alexandre Dumas' work, but this book seemed to drag on and on and was awkwardly structured. None of the characters were particularly interesting, either. Also, it seems you have to know more than just your basic history of the French Revolution before even reading it, otherwise you will constantly need to avail yourself of the glossary in the back. There are many references to people (Marat, Robespierre) and places of the time, both famous and obscure. Unless you're well-versed in this area, stick to his classics.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well deserving to be called a classic
Comment: I had been reading the rather quick type of books of late. I decided I needed something with a great plot, good character development-overall something I would not want to put down-a classic. I loved every word of this book, as well as the French Revolution history. This book had real and fictitious characters wonderfully portrayed. The story actually had a beginning, a middle and an end. I could not put it down and cannot wait to read more Dumas again (I always loved Camille, The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Christo). I highly recommend this book, if you like facts interwoven with fiction well defined characters, believable dialogue and a great plot. I felt as though I was in the gallery in every scene. I wanted to yell to the characters-do this do that, don't do that-NO. Great book even so many years later. Enough with the fast read-bring on the classics.
Rating: 4
Summary: The age of Terror in great Narrative
Comment: I truly enjoyed reading this book, as a person who's generally knowledgeable with the life of Marie Antoinette and the French revolution, the book was fairly accurate. There are some mistakes in the notes, historically...Never the less they do not affect the beauty of the story nor the narrative. The French Revolution was a blood bath, way too many innocent people met their end during the Terror. For someone to be disappointed with the end is a bit naive! Yes, a part of me wanted the heroes to survive, still Dumas did the best thing by sending them to the Guillotine. He was true to the history and it made wonderful fiction. It is a great image of the history of the time. Enjoy!
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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: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 23 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Wrong Side of Paris by HONORE DE BALZAC, JORDAN STUMP, ADAM GOPNIK ISBN: 0679642757 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Black Tulip (Oxford World's Classics) by Alexandre Dumas, David Coward, Franz Zemmler ISBN: 0192837508 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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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: 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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