Marquise De Ganges Celebrated Crimes

Alexandre Dumas transforms a notorious seventeenth-century scandal into a gripping tale of love, honor, and murder. In the glittering yet dangerous world of aristocratic France, the beautiful Marquise de Ganges becomes the center of a deadly web of desire, jealousy, and betrayal, where family loyalty gives way to ambition and concealed passion. At the heart of the drama is a conflict of emotion and restraint: two men discover they are rivals for the same woman, who is also their brother's wife, and one chooses self-control, urging the other to prove her true feelings before acting. But restraint cannot contain the forces at work around them. After the marquise's tragic death, authorities move swiftly, seizing the marquis, a priest, and members of the household and sending them to prison in Montpellier amid public fury. As Madame de Rossan demands justice and the investigation begins, Dumas presents a tense portrait of corruption, reputation, and fatal obsession in a society where elegance conceals violence. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

Né en 1802 à Villers-Cotterêts, et orphelin de son père à quatre ans, Alexandre Dumas doit très tôt gagner sa vie. À vingt ans, il part à Paris et, en autodidacte, il publie très rapidement poèmes et nouvelles. L'immense succès de son drame Henri III et sa cour en 1829 en fait un des chefs de file du mouvement romantique. Ses romans paraissent souvent en feuilletons et connaissent aussi un grand succès populaire. Mais d'énormes investissements théâtraux ou journalistiques disperseront sa fortune. C'est presque dans la misère que meurt Alexandre Dumas, en 1870.