Résultats pour "Alexandre Dumas" dans Sciences politiques

Step into the tumultuous world of 16th-century Paris with Marguerite de Valois, a gripping historical fiction novel set against the backdrop of the French Wars of Religion and the reign of Charles IX. Follow the journey of Marguerite, the daughter of the late Henry II, as she navigates the treacherous political landscape dominated by the cunning Catherine de Medici. Will Marguerite find her place amid the intrigue and danger that surrounds her? - Summary by Publisher

In Celebrated Crimes [eight volumes: this version, 1895], Dumas the elder, recognised master of historical fiction (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers) turns to historical fact. In this volume: Joan of Naples. The much-married queen does what she must to survive ‘the violence and treachery of this barbarous age’. ‘An angel soiled by crime, she lied like Satan himself .’ The Man in The Iron Mask (an essay). How much of the well-known story is fact, and how much fiction?