Alexandre Dumas (also known as Dumas père) (1802-1870) was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century. Dumas is best known for the historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both written within the space of two years, 1844-45, and which belong to the foundation works of popular culture. He was among the first, along with Honoré de Balzac and Eugène Sue, who fully used the possibilities of roman feuilleton, the serial novel. Dumas is credited with revitalizing the historical novel in France, although his abilities as a writer were under dispute from the beginning. Dumas' works are fast-paced adventure tales that blend history and fiction, but on the other hand, they are entangled, melodramatic, and actually not faithful to the historical facts. Alexandre Dumas was born in Villes-Cotterêts. His grandfather was a French nobleman, who had settled in Santo Domingo; his paternal grandmother, Marie-Cessette, was an Afro-Caribbean, who had been a black slave in the then French colony. Dumas' father was a general in Napoleon's army, who had fallen out of favor. After his death in 1806 the family lived in poverty. Dumas worked as a notary's clerk and went in 1823 to Paris to find work. Due to his elegant handwriting he secured a position with the Duc d'Orléans - later King Louis Philippe. He also found his place in theater and as a publisher of some obscure magazines. An illegitimate son called Alexandre Dumas fils, whose mother, Marie-Catherine Labay, was a dressmaker, was born in 1824. Dumas fils gained fame with his novel The Lady of the Camillas, in which a fallen girl, the heroine, gives up her lover rather than see him become a social outcast.
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May 2010 : Hardback
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August 2008 : Hardback
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August 2008 : Hardback
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September 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Joseph Balsamo Author(s): Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 1-4344-8863-2 / 978-1-4344-8863-3 Publisher: Wildside Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1949 : Hardback
| Title: Joseph Balsamo (Marie Antoinette Series) Author(s): Alexandre Dumas Publisher: A.L. Burt Company Availability: Amazon More details... |
1910 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
January 2012 : Paperback
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September 2010 : Paperback
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August 2010 : Paperback
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June 2010 : Paperback
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March 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Mémoires D'un Médecin: Joseph Balsamo, Volume 2 (French Edition) Author(s): Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 1-146-72096-3 / 978-1-146-72096-0 Publisher: Nabu Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
February 2010 : Paperback
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August 2008 : Paperback
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August 2008 : Paperback
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August 2008 : Paperback
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August 2008 : Paperback
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July 2008 : Paperback
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September 2007 : Paperback
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February 2007 : Paperback
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August 2006 : Paperback
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February 2003 : Paperback
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May 2001 : Paperback
| Title: Joseph Balsamo Author(s): Alexandre Dumas ISBN: 1-58963-224-9 / 9781589632240 (USA edition) Publisher: International Law & Taxation Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1990 : Paperback
| Title: Joseph Balsamo Author(s): Alexandre Dumas, Claude Schopp ISBN: 0-685-73294-0 / 978-0-685-73294-6 (USA edition) Publisher: French & European Pubns Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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June 2009 : Kindle edition
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