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The Knight of Maison-Rouge
  • Published: 15 December 2004
  • ISBN: 9780812969634
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $45.00
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The Knight of Maison-Rouge

A Novel of Marie Antoinette

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26 Aug 2003
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15 Dec 2004
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For fans of historical fiction and historical romance, as well as fans of Dumas.

A major new translation of a forgotten classic

Paris, 1793, the onset of the Terror. Brave Republican Maurice rescues a mys-terious and beautiful woman from an angry mob and is unknowingly drawn into a secret Royalist plot—a plot revolving around the imprisoned Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, and her enigmatic and fearless champion, the Knight of Maison-Rouge. Full of surprising twists, breakneck adventure, conspiracies, swordplay, romance, and heroism, The Knight of Maison-Rouge is an exhilarating tale of selflessness, love, and honor under the shadow of the guillotine. Dumas here is at the very height of his powers, and with this first and only modern translation, readers can once again ride with the Knight of Maison-Rouge.
  • Published: 15 December 2004
  • ISBN: 9780812969634
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $45.00
Categories:

About the authors

Julie Rose

Julie Rose (translator) is an internationally acclaimed translator of French literary works across all genres, who has translated more than sixty books and plays, and many essays, in a career long dedicated to translating some of France’s greatest writers and thinkers, both classical and modern. Her translation of Les Misérables (2008) was shortlisted for the French-American Foundation and Florence Gould Foundation Translation Prize, and in 2016 Rose was made a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
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Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas was a French playwright, historian and prolific novelist, penning a string of successful books including The Three Musketeers (1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1845), and Twenty Years After(1845). His novels have been translated into a hundred different languages and inspired over two hundred films. In his day Dumas was as famous for his financial irresponsibility and flamboyant lifestyle as for his writing. Dumas died in 1870.
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Praise for The Knight of Maison-Rouge

"This translation by Julie Rose marks the first time the book has appeared in English in almost 100 years. So for contemporary readers, this is almost like being given a new Dumas novel. If you are not jumping up and down at this point ... well, you're probably not someone I'd care to have a drink with...I'll repeat myself: A new Alexandre Dumas novel! That, dear reader, is a precious gift. ...vintage Dumas...as thrilling and readable a historical romance as you're likely to find." - Salon.com