La Reine Margot

by Alexandre Dumas, edited by Sylvain Ledda

Book cover: La Reine Margot

Extent: 448 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: French Studies, Literary Studies, Nineteenth-Century Studies

Series: Classiques Jaunes

Series volume number: 648

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(November 2022)

ISBN: 9782406056546

7.24 x 4.53 inches

Price: $20.00

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On 20 February 1847, Alexandre Dumas inaugurated the Theatre-Historique with the creation of La Reine Margot, an adaptation of the novel which opens with the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre. Dumas reinvents the destiny of Marguerite de Valois, painting her tragic passion against a backdrop of criminality and plots for power.

  • By (author) Alexandre Dumas
  • Edited by Sylvain Ledda