Alexandre Dumas

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After the death of Louis XIV, a group of nobles faithful to the old court, including the Cardinal of Polignac, the Marquis of Pompadour, the Count of Laval and the ambassador of Spain, decide to replace Felipe de Orléans with the Duke of Maine, in the interests of the Spanish king Philip V.

Camaraderie, betrayal and swords in the France of Richelieu

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A novel of betrayal, escape and personal justice

In this novel Dumas portrays with mastery the intrigues of the French court using as a starting stage the sponges of the Infanta Margarita or Margot de Valois and one of the most bloody episodes in history: the massacre of the Night of San Bartolomé, which culminated in the mass murder of Hugonotes.

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Botanical and political intrigue novel

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The knight of the Red House is a novel of vertiginous action, of reading fast by its style and its fabric of intrigues and conspirations, which makes it difficult for the reader to unfold to the end. The novel is inspired by the communications between the Marques de Rougeville and Maria Antonieta. This chapter of French history is known as the affaire of the carnation, because the messages that the Marques de Rougeville sent to Maria Antonieta were hidden among the petals of these flowers. "

The plot begins in 1559, at the inn of the Red Horse, where a stormy night brings together various characters: a mysterious Hugonote who hides his identity, the Duke of Guisa, the Marshal of Saint- André, his young daughter Carlota, the paje Mézières and the prince of Condé. An old woman, known for her ability to read the future, reveals a gloomy horoscope: she predicts violent deaths for some and dark destinations for others.

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The road from Varennes tells of the transfer of Louis XVI and Maria Antonieta to Varennes, a journey that the people considered a flight and that came to seal the fate of both in the French Revolution.

The San Felice reports one of the most amazing episodes of the wars of the French Revolution carrying the "torch of freedom" for Europe. In 1798, General Championnet took over the kingdom of Naples. Brief conquest that ended the following year with the restoration of King Fernando and Queen Maria Carolina at the end of episodes whose historical veracity does not take away the incredible.