Alexandre Dumas

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1) The black tulip

Author

Dumas, Alexandre

Series

Everyman's library volume no. 174
Tantor unabridged classics
Penguin classics

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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"Cornelius van Baerle, a respectable tulip-grower, lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But after his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in a deadly political intrigue and is falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival. Condemned to life imprisonment, his only comfort is Rosa, the jailer's beautiful daughter, and together they concoct a plan to...

2) The Count of Monte Cristo

Author

Dumas, Alexandre

Publisher

First Classics

Pub. Date

2013

Description

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Classic Illustrated Comic Books: The Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas' tantalizing tale of intrigue, villainy and ultimate revenge. A young sailor Edmond Dantes is incarcerated falsely as a Bonapartist to the Chateau' d'If by his enemies; Danglers, Fernand Mondego, Caderousse and Monsieur de Villefort. While in prison he befriends the Abbe Faria who educates him in the languages, arts and sciences. He also tells Edmond of a huge treasure buried...