Joseph Balsamo, a skilled doctor, sorcerer, great master of the Masonic Order, whose network of intrigues includes many influential figures of the highest society of European countries. Bazzamo could command the fate of other people, was a magician, stood at the head of the mysterious society that rules the world – Massonov. Everything is subject to him: time, people, events, except for one – his beloved woman, the beautiful Lorenza.

Dumas tries to be as accurate and truthful as possible. The book sets out a detailed history of three real crimes. And despite the documentary, the story turned out to be dramatic and interesting. Investigating the topic of crime and punishment, the writer moves freely in time and space. The reader then gets into Italy of the Renaissance, then in France at the beginning of the XIX century. The fates of people are intertwined with the fates of entire nations. Ominous events,...

Alexander Dumas invites us to be guests at this wedding, which will soon be called „bloody”. Just a few days later, a tragedy will occur. Bartholomew’s night will happen, in which many Huguenots, including Admiral de Coligny, are destined to die. What will happen to the young Heinrich of Navarre, will he be able to avoid the fate of his co-religionists? And Margarita, what will be her behavior in the current difficult circumstances?

The novel contains love and betrayal, kindness and vileness. The key point in the book is the capture of the famous Bastille. The book will appeal not only to lovers of historical novels, but also simply to lovers of history. Ange Pitu is an orphan who lives after his mother’s death with Aunt Angelica, who is a rather funny example of greed and duplicity. After expelling Abbot Fortier from school, Ange settles on the farm to his good friend Billot, where he falls into the h...

In the center of the novel is the fate of Adjutant Bonaparte Roland de Montrevel, and already in connection with this story we are faced with the image of Napoleon himself. But this does not stop Dumas from paying him much attention in the novel. And if at the beginning of the novel Napoleon appears as a very young general of the period of the Egyptian campaign and subsequent events, then in the finale he already measures the crown after Marengo and his other brilliant vict...

This action-packed novel is a warning. Its main character, the young Frenchman Benedict Thurpin – the newly-minted d’Artagnan, daredevil, wit, Breter, warrior, painter, palmist, hunter, gallant gentleman, personification of the spirit of France – like a volunteer fighting Prussians and performing extraordinary feats.

Le brillant roman d’Alexander Dumas «Vingt ans après» sur l’honneur et la fierté, sur le courage et l’amour, sur les lames fidèles et les cœurs fidèles a été écrit après le roman «Les Trois Mousquetaires» et en est la suite directe. Il a autant d’esprit, d’amusement et de rebondissements inattendus que dans le premier livre. Les aventures des braves mousquetaires – d’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos et Aramis – se poursuivent parmi les terribles événements historiques qui ont dispe...

Le roman d’Alexandre Dumas «Le comte de Monte-Cristo» est considéré comme l’une des œuvres les plus marquantes de l’écrivain, il peut sans aucun doute être qualifié de chef-d’œuvre littéraire. Cet ouvrage emmène les lecteurs en France au début du XIXe siècle, alors qu’il y avait de nombreuses contradictions politiques dans le pays. Les bonapartistes se sont battus secrètement pour que Napoléon règne à nouveau sur le pays, mais beaucoup avaient peur de s’opposer ouvertement ...

Zbiorowe samobójstwo stu członków odizolowanej od świata sekty czekającej na apokalipsę wstrząsa opinią publiczną. Nieliczni, którzy przetrwali masakrę, muszą nauczyć się żyć od nowa poza zamkniętą społecznością.Tam, gdzie dorastała Romy, jeśli ktoś umarł, już nigdy więcej się o nim nie mówiło…Romy, ocalała z masakry, wciąż z przestrachem ogląda się za siebie. Wpojono jej, że zewnętrzny świat jest niebezpieczny, przerażający i godny pogardy. Jednak Romy szybko uczy się życia ...

Książka w znacznej części napisana jest w postaci pamiętnika młodej dziewczyny sprzedanej przez matkę do tytułowego haremu. Cała historia jest niezwykła i w dużej mierze oparta na faktach. Nauce polskiej znany jest fakt istnienia w polskiej historii instytucji haremu. Wiemy o co najmniej trzech tego typu prywatnych przybytkach, z których jeden stworzył Jan "Sobiepan" Zamoyski - wnuk wielkiego Jana Zamoyskiego przedstawiony tak zabawnie przez Sienkiewicza w "Potopie". I to w...

A young man, Richard Anson is a crewman on board Sir Francis Drake’s „Golden Hind”, which is travelling north to the coast of what will one day become British Columbia. „The Kingdom of the Sun: A Romance of the Far West Coast” (1927) is an adventure novel by Alexander Maitland Stephen (May 8, 1882 – July 1, 1942), who was a Canadian author of poetry and fiction. He began writing in the early 1920s. His first book was a volume of poetry called „The Rosary of Pan” which was p...

Jak długo jeszcze masz zamiar spełniać oczekiwania innych?Jak długo jeszcze będziesz spychać na dalszy plan to, co dla ciebie ważne i czego naprawdę chcesz?Jak długo jeszcze to, co robisz, będzie zadowalać wszystkich poza tobą? Wiemy, jak długo. Aż poznasz Alexandrę Reinwarth – niemiecką pisarkę, która postanowiła powiedzieć: pieprzyć to! I takiej samej odwagi chce nauczyć ciebie. To nie jest kolejny nudny poradnik. To książka, w której autorka o...

„Niedźwiodek Puch” to śląska edycja „Kubusia Puchatka” A.A. Milne’a, arcydzieła literatury światowej. Ukochany miś świata rozprawia po śląsku z gronem swoich przyjaciół z podziwu godną biegłością i swadą, skutkiem czego jego maksymy stają się jeszcze bardziej przemyślane i wyraziste. To niewątpliwa zasługa Grzegorza Kulika, wybitnego popularyzatora śląskiej mowy, autora przekładu na śląski „Małego Księcia” Antoine de Saint-Exupery’ego.

Klasyka literatury dla dzieci - tym razem w gwarze wielkopolskiej. Doskonale znana wszystkim młodym czytelnikom powieść o uroczym Kubusiu Puchatku, znanym po wielkopolsku jako Miś Szpeniolek, o jego przygodach i przygodach przyjaciół, którzy mają tu cudne imiona: Klapiuchol, Proszczoczek czy Piszczoły.

Utalentowanej skrzypaczce, Rebece Carrington, szkolonej w Wiedniu, podstępem udaje się dostać na przesłuchanie do nowo powstającej filharmonii w Nashville. Jednak powszechnie uważa się, że kobiety są „zbyt słabe i delikatne”, aby sprostać wymaganiom pracy w orkiestrze. Stąd też nadzieje Rebeki szybko pryskają, gdy okazuje się, że dyrygent, pragnący zaistnieć w muzycznym świecie, tańczy, jak mu opinia publiczna zagra. Co gorsza, Adelicia Acklen Cheatham, pani Belmont i nowa pr...

During the absolutism in France, the young clog-maker Thibaudt has a deep desire to belong to the aristocracy. One day he saves the life of a wolf, who fled from the baron Jean de Vez and his hunting party. A while later Thibaudt imagine his amazement: the wolf transformed himself into a human and offers him a pact. The wolf promises to grant Thibault’s wishes in exchange for a hair on his head. As Thibault wishes harm upon more and more people, the hairs on his head become...

After „The Three Musketeers” and „Twenty Years After” the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D’Artagnan continues! Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with „The Vicomte de Bragelonne” and will end with „The Man in the Iron Mask”. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess d’Orleans? Or has his eye been caught by the sweet and gentle Louise de la Valliere? No one is more anxious to know the answer than Raoul, son o...

This swashbuckling yarn is the continuation of the story in „Memoirs of a physician,” „The Queen’s necklace,” and „Six Years Later”. „The Countess of Charny or, The Execution of King Louis XVI” is the seventh in Dumas’ series on the retelling of the French Revolution. Known as one of the important early figures in the burgeoning genre of historical fiction, Alexandre Dumas spent much of his life chronicling the social and political unrest that utterly transformed France – a...

„The Three Musketeers” (French: „Les Trois Mousquetaires”) is a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. Set in 1625–1628 when France is under threat, it recounts the adventures of a young nobleman named d’Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although d’Artagnan is not able to join this elite corps immediately, he befriends the three most formidable musketeers of the age – the mysterious A...

The bonds that tie family together are among the strongest on earth. But what of those between two brothers born as Siamese twins? The „Corsican Brothers” is a richly drawn tale of fraternal love and revenge. Alexandre Dumas weaves the compelling story of Siamese twins who are separated physically but never in spirit. They have a truly remarkable psychic link, and can feel each others pains and triumphs. When one of the brothers is murdered, the other leaves Corsica for Par...

Set out for a rollicking good time with Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), the renowned French author who created timeless classics such as „The Three Musketeers”, „The Count of Monte Cristo” and „The Man in the Iron Mask”. „Les Compagnons de Jehu” („The Companions of Jehu”) tale is based loosely on a historical account of a band of young aristocrats-turned-highwaymen that continuously steals the money of the Directoire in order to finance the restoration of monarchy and who foug...

Anyone old enough to have friends they haven’t seen for many years knows how difficult it can be to get everyone together again. And when you do, it’s never quite the same. That’s the theme of „Twenty Years After” (1845), Alexandre Dumas’s sequel to „The Three Musketeers” that is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. This story follows events in France during La Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil ...

Set in Paris during the French Revolution, „The Mesmerist’s Victim” tells the story of two star-crossed lovers whose romance blooms at an extremely inopportune moment in European history. Will they be able to find happiness together, or will they be swallowed up in the tumult of radical political and social change? „The Mesmerist’s Victim” is the second in Dumas’ fictional series on the French Revolution. The story continues the tale where „Memoirs of a Physician” left off....

„The Royal Life Guard – A Historical Romance of the Suppression of the French Monarchy” is a historical romance of the suppression of the French monarchy. France had been changed to a limited monarchy from an absolute one, and King Louis XVI had solemnly sworn to defend the new Constitution. But it had been remarked by shrewd observers that he had not attended the Te Deum at the Paris Cathedral, with the members of the National Assembly: that is, he would tell a lie but not...