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The Three Musketeers Series, The Marie Antoinette Novels, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Valois Trilogy and more (27 Novels in One Volume): ... Hero of the People, The Queen's Necklace…
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of Alexandre Dumas' most renowned historical novels and adventure classics. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
The D'Artagnan Romances
The Three Musketeers
Twenty Years After
The Vicomte of Bragelonne
Ten Years Later
Louise da la Valliere
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Valois Trilogy
Queen Margot (Marguerite de Valois)
Chicot de Jester: La Dame de Monsoreau
The Forty-Five Guardsmen
The Memoirs of a Physician - Marie Antoinette Series
Joseph Balsamo: The Magician
The Mesmerist's Victim: Andrea de Taverney
The Queen's Necklace
Taking the Bastile: Ange Pitou
The Countess de Charny: The Execution of King Louis XVI
Other Novels
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Conspirators: The Chevalier d'Harmental
The Regent's Daughter
The Hero of the People
The Royal Life-Guard
Captain Paul
The Sicilian Bandit
The Corsican Brothers
The Companions of Jehu
The Wolf Leader
The Black Tulip
The Last Vendee
The Prussian Terror
Essays & Biography:
A Gossip on a Novel of Dumas's by Robert Louis Stevenson
Alexandre Dumas from ESSAYS IN LITTLE by Andrew Lang
ALEXANDRE DUMAS by Adolphe Cohn
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
The D'Artagnan Romances
The Three Musketeers
Twenty Years After
The Vicomte of Bragelonne
Ten Years Later
Louise da la Valliere
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Valois Trilogy
Queen Margot (Marguerite de Valois)
Chicot de Jester: La Dame de Monsoreau
The Forty-Five Guardsmen
The Memoirs of a Physician - Marie Antoinette Series
Joseph Balsamo: The Magician
The Mesmerist's Victim: Andrea de Taverney
The Queen's Necklace
Taking the Bastile: Ange Pitou
The Countess de Charny: The Execution of King Louis XVI
Other Novels
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Conspirators: The Chevalier d'Harmental
The Regent's Daughter
The Hero of the People
The Royal Life-Guard
Captain Paul
The Sicilian Bandit
The Corsican Brothers
The Companions of Jehu
The Wolf Leader
The Black Tulip
The Last Vendee
The Prussian Terror
Essays & Biography:
A Gossip on a Novel of Dumas's by Robert Louis Stevenson
Alexandre Dumas from ESSAYS IN LITTLE by Andrew Lang
ALEXANDRE DUMAS by Adolphe Cohn
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
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6,994 books12.3k followersThis note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
Alexandre Dumas père, born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a towering figure of 19th-century French literature whose historical novels and adventure tales earned global renown. Best known for The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and other swashbuckling epics, Dumas crafted stories filled with daring heroes, dramatic twists, and vivid historical backdrops. His works, often serialized and immensely popular with the public, helped shape the modern adventure genre and remain enduring staples of world literature.
Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a celebrated general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking man of African descent in a European army at the time. His father’s early death left the family in poverty, but Dumas’s upbringing was nonetheless marked by strong personal ambition and a deep admiration for his father’s achievements. He moved to Paris as a young man and began his literary career writing for the theatre, quickly rising to prominence in the Romantic movement with successful plays like Henri III et sa cour and Antony.
In the 1840s, Dumas turned increasingly toward prose fiction, particularly serialized novels, which reached vast audiences through French newspapers. His collaboration with Auguste Maquet, a skilled plotter and historian, proved fruitful. While Maquet drafted outlines and conducted research, Dumas infused the narratives with flair, dialogue, and color. The result was a string of literary triumphs, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both published in 1844. These novels exemplified Dumas’s flair for suspenseful pacing, memorable characters, and grand themes of justice, loyalty, and revenge.
The D’Artagnan Romances—The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne—cemented his fame. They follow the adventures of the titular Gascon hero and his comrades Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, blending historical fact and fiction into richly imagined narratives. The Count of Monte Cristo offered a darker, more introspective tale of betrayal and retribution, with intricate plotting and a deeply philosophical core.
Dumas was also active in journalism and theater. He founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris, which staged dramatizations of his own novels. A prolific and energetic writer, he is estimated to have written or co-written over 100,000 pages of fiction, plays, memoirs, travel books, and essays. He also had a strong interest in food and published a massive culinary encyclopedia, Le Grand Dictionnaire de cuisine, filled with recipes, anecdotes, and reflections on gastronomy.
Despite his enormous success, Dumas was frequently plagued by financial troubles. He led a lavish lifestyle, building the ornate Château de Monte-Cristo near Paris, employing large staffs, and supporting many friends and relatives. His generosity and appetite for life often outpaced his income, leading to mounting debts. Still, his creative drive rarely waned.
Dumas’s mixed-race background was a source of both pride and tension in his life. He was outspoken about his heritage and used his platform to address race and injustice. In his novel Georges, he explored issues of colonialism and identity through a Creole protagonist. Though he encountered racism, he refused to be silenced, famously replying to a racial insult by pointing to his ancestry and achievements with dignity and wit.
Later in life, Dumas continued writing and traveling, spending time in Belgium, Italy, and Russia. He supported nationalist causes, particularly Italian unification, and even founded a newspaper to advocate for Giuseppe Garibaldi. Though his popularity waned somewhat in his final years, his literary legacy grew steadily. He wrote in a style that was accessible, entertaining, and emotionally reso
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November 11, 2019
Looking at a compilation of Dumas works, it is so hard to summarise. Having now successfully read the entire works of Dumas, he is an interesting read. Like with many other authors, as time goes on, you can pick up similar themes.
Dumas, most notable for The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask, wrote similar stories from Henry/ Francois in the 15 Century all the way through to the 19 Century Royal Family. You have random strangers coming together, creating strong bonds of friendship, uncovering plots agains the Royal Family, standing up for justice, nobility, chivalry to die by the sword etc etc. This is a common theme through many of his works, yet, everyone knows The Three Musketeers. Something about this book and series just stands out from the rest.
I can say that Dumas is the extreme opposite of Hemingway. Where Hemingway believes you can say anything you need in a sentence of 20 words or less, Dumas is the opposite. His books are long, so so long. Although in many cases he ‘officially’ did not write series’s, like The Three Musketeers, The Queens Necklace etc, you will find five or six books on the same topic/ subject with the same characters over many many years, each book around 700 pages.
So, do your research first, work through in order from the start to finish. Dumas is no easy read, it takes time, discipline and determination to get through works.
Then, to your delight Dumas does short stories, many on different topics and outside of France. Sorry Dumas and Dumas lovers reading this comment, the books he writes set outside France, in Italy for example are quite poor. Such as The Borgias are historical descriptive narratives. It is like he is writing a story from a text book and has never visited the country or region he is talk8ng about. Many of the stories are ok, to mediocre to say the least.
Although a struggle in parts, his best stories to read are his ‘celebrated crimes’ series. Overall, a great author, but only when he sticks to the topics he is synonymous for: The French Royal Family.
Dumas, most notable for The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask, wrote similar stories from Henry/ Francois in the 15 Century all the way through to the 19 Century Royal Family. You have random strangers coming together, creating strong bonds of friendship, uncovering plots agains the Royal Family, standing up for justice, nobility, chivalry to die by the sword etc etc. This is a common theme through many of his works, yet, everyone knows The Three Musketeers. Something about this book and series just stands out from the rest.
I can say that Dumas is the extreme opposite of Hemingway. Where Hemingway believes you can say anything you need in a sentence of 20 words or less, Dumas is the opposite. His books are long, so so long. Although in many cases he ‘officially’ did not write series’s, like The Three Musketeers, The Queens Necklace etc, you will find five or six books on the same topic/ subject with the same characters over many many years, each book around 700 pages.
So, do your research first, work through in order from the start to finish. Dumas is no easy read, it takes time, discipline and determination to get through works.
Then, to your delight Dumas does short stories, many on different topics and outside of France. Sorry Dumas and Dumas lovers reading this comment, the books he writes set outside France, in Italy for example are quite poor. Such as The Borgias are historical descriptive narratives. It is like he is writing a story from a text book and has never visited the country or region he is talk8ng about. Many of the stories are ok, to mediocre to say the least.
Although a struggle in parts, his best stories to read are his ‘celebrated crimes’ series. Overall, a great author, but only when he sticks to the topics he is synonymous for: The French Royal Family.
March 9, 2021
I read The Count of Monte Cristo, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
May 15, 2024
Lots of great stories.
Dumas is a Master storyteller. I couldn't move on with other books until I finished every one of these stones.
Dumas is a Master storyteller. I couldn't move on with other books until I finished every one of these stones.
July 25, 2025
Unrealistic - tried to be humorous - didn't get there.
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