Alexandre Dumas, père

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Alexandre Dumas, père, wrote a large number of historical novels, achieving great fame in 1844 with the publication of Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers, 1846) and the beginning episodes of the serialized Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (The Count of Monte-Cristo, 1846). The novels grew out of his great interest in the history of France; throughout his career he published historical accounts, beginning with a few scènes historiques in 1831 and including two larger historical compilations, Gaule et...

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