Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870

The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
674 editions published between 1844 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 16,235 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Three great swordsmen, Porthos, Aramis, and Anthos, with their protege, D'Artagnan, match wits with the sinister Cardinal Richelieu who seeks to divide the royalty in his own quest for power

The man in the iron mask by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
231 editions published between 1847 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 6,983 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Built around the incident of the mysterious and unfortunate prisoner in the Bastille, Dumas concludes the adventures of the three musketeers

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
177 editions published between 1849 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 5,596 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Edmund Dantes, unjustly convicted of aiding the exiled Napoleon, escapes after fourteen years of imprisonment and seeks revenge in Paris

The black tulip by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
291 editions published between 1850 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 4,641 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels,The Black Tulip(1850) weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love. Set in Holland in 1672, this timeless political allegory draws on the violence and crimes of history, making a case against tyranny and creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fatefultulipa negra

Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
177 editions published between 1845 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,397 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twenty years after was serialized in the magazine Le Siecle from January to August 1845: The year is now 1648, twenty years since the close of the last story. Louis XIII has died, as has Cardinal Richelieu, and while the crown of France may sit upon the head of Anne of Austria as Regent for the young Louis XIV, the real power resides with the Cardinal Mazarin, her secret husband. D'Artagnan is now a lieutenant of musketeers, and his three friends have retired to private life. Athos turned out to be a nobleman, the Comte de la Fere, and has retired to his home with his son, Raoul de Bragelonne. Aramis, whose real name is D'Herblay, has followed his intention of shedding the musketeer's cassock for the priest's robes, and Porthos has married a wealthy woman, who left him her fortune upon her death. But trouble is stirring in both France and England

Les trois mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
551 editions published between 1844 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 2,763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The adventures of a young peasant involved with three musketeers in the service of King Louis XIII of France

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
156 editions published between 1846 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 2,597 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Count of Monte Cristo is the tense and exciting story of Edmond Dantes, a man on the threshold of a bright career and a happy marriage, who is imprisoned in the island fortress of the Chateau d'If on a false political charge. After staging a dramatic escape, he finds the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo which makes him wealthy. He then sets upon the course of revenge against his old enemies

Le comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
402 editions published between 1845 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 2,437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Originally published as a serial in Le Siècle newspaper in 1844, this classic intrigue features Edmond Dantès as a hero, a young sailor from Marseilles who, on the way to marry the beautiful Mercedès, is denounced as a Bonapartist conspirator by his friend and rival in love. Wrongfully imprisoned for 18 years in the Château d'If of the coast of Marseilles, he becomes acquainted with a fellow prisoner, the abbot Farria, who before dying confides in him about the existence of an immense treasure hidden on the island of Montecristo. After a spectacular escape, Dantès recovers the treasure, and returns to France under the guise of the super rich Count of Monte Cristo with the purpose of quenching his thirst for revenge. Dantès certainly deserves justice to be rendered, but his crusade, relentless and without pity, turns him into a bitter and rancorous man stripped of all emotion. The young and naive Dantès is dead indeed, leaving his place to a manipulative count. However the man is not stripped of all commiseration since he will come to the assistance of those who had formerly helped him, reward his servants and contribute to the happiness of Maurel's son and Villefort's daughter by facilitating their idyll

Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
453 editions published between 1845 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 2,186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"À Paris, le jeune roi protestant de Navarre, le futur Henri IV, vient d'épouser Marguerite de Valois, dite Margot; mariage politique qui n'empêche pas les Guise and le roi Charles IX de fomenter les horreurs de la Saint-Barthélemy."--Cover

The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas ( Book )
233 editions published between 1847 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 1,961 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the heart of Louise de la Valliere. D'Artagnan, meanwhile, is perplexed by a mysterious stranger, and soon he learns that his old comrades already have great projects in hand