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A much-loved swashbuckling tale. Cardinal Richileu's machinations are no match for the Musketeer's determination ...
'Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers ...
Alexandre Dumas was born on 24 July 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts near Paris.His father, who was the son of a French marquis and a former slave, died when Alexandre was three years old. He was brought up by his mother and later moved to Paris to work as a clerk. He wrote plays, travel books, children’s stories and memoirs as well as novels and was a keen traveller and cook. His most famous works are The Three Musketeers (1844) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1844–5). Alexandre Dumas died on 5 December 1870.
'Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers.'The Guardian
A much-loved swashbuckling tale. Cardinal Richileu's machinations are no match for the Musketeer's determination to act 'one for all and all for one'!
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO & LES MISERABLES: These two books are the perfect companions to a rainy afternoon - they'll grip you from the first page and plunge you into tales of love against the odds ...