Project Gutenberg 2005-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 54 Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 Dumas, Alexander Dumas, Alexandre, pere père, Alexandre Dumas Maquet, Auguste 1813 1888 Les quarante-cinq — Tome 2 Written in collaboration with Auguste Maquet. Cf. A. F. Davidson. Alexandre Dumas, 1902, p. 400. Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Anne Soulard, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Les quarante-cinq — Tome 2" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The book continues the narrative surrounding the events and intrigues of Paris during the tumultuous period of the French Wars of Religion, focusing on the Duke de Mayenne and the dynamics of power within the city. The opening portion of the novel introduces the Duke de Mayenne as he secretly arrives at the Louvre, prompting various characters and factions within Paris to react to his presence. The Duke's discussions with King Henri reveal the political tensions regarding the powerful Guise family and the growing strength of the League. Concurrently, a group of bourgeois from the League seeks the Duke’s support, sharing ambitious plans for political maneuvering in Paris. As the initial encounters unfold, the narrative sets a tone of conspiracy and stratagem, signaling deeper conflicts and alliances that will be explored throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- History -- Henry III, 1574-1589 -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 630877 630758 2024-10-04T04:20:34.565660 2023-10-04T04:57:49.796896 text/html text/html 630870 630751 2024-10-04T04:20:34.924667 2023-10-04T04:57:50.060875 text/html text/html 298866 2024-10-04T04:20:47.040094 application/epub+zip 308652 2024-10-04T04:20:38.659643 application/epub+zip 299014 2024-10-04T04:20:37.193669 application/epub+zip 574399 2024-10-04T04:20:53.176071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527717 2024-10-04T04:20:45.855131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489812 2022-09-04T07:14:49.771438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 535164 535096 2024-10-04T04:20:33.845756 2023-10-04T04:57:49.322889 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 524479 2015-03-24T14:59:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 193081 2015-03-24T15:02:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20420 2024-10-04T04:20:53.625097 application/rdf+xml 14003 2024-10-04T04:20:37.749650 image/jpeg 3566 2024-10-04T04:20:37.466644 image/jpeg 295824 2024-10-04T04:20:34.976714 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia