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La Reine Margot
Alexandre Dumas
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Description for La Reine Margot
Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 390.
`Dear sister!' said Charles IX, `there is blood on your sleeve!' `And what consequence is that, Sire,' said Marguerite, `if I have a smile upon my lips?' Saint Bartholomew's Day 1572. Paris is awash with the blood of Huguenots slaughtered by order of Charles IX. Or perhaps of Catherine de Medicis, one of history's great monsters? Or the ambitious Duke de Guise? Or the Duke d'Anjou, soon to be the reluctant King of Poland? The answer will be found in the secret passageways of the Louvre and the torture chamber of the ... Read more
`Dear sister!' said Charles IX, `there is blood on your sleeve!' `And what consequence is that, Sire,' said Marguerite, `if I have a smile upon my lips?' Saint Bartholomew's Day 1572. Paris is awash with the blood of Huguenots slaughtered by order of Charles IX. Or perhaps of Catherine de Medicis, one of history's great monsters? Or the ambitious Duke de Guise? Or the Duke d'Anjou, soon to be the reluctant King of Poland? The answer will be found in the secret passageways of the Louvre and the torture chamber of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
386g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199538447
SKU
V9780199538447
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About Alexandre Dumas
David Coward is Professor of Modern French Literature at the University of Leeds. He won the Scott-Moncrieff Award for translation in 1996 and has edited all the Dumas père editions in World's Classics. He also translated for the series Dumas fils's Lady of the Camellia.
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