Project Gutenberg 2005-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 151 Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 Dumas, Alexander Dumas, Alexandre, pere père, Alexandre Dumas Maquet, Auguste 1813 1888 Les quarante-cinq — Tome 2 Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Quarante-Cinq Written in collaboration with Auguste Maquet. Cf. A. F. Davidson. Alexandre Dumas, 1902, p. 400. 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.) Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr France -- History -- Henry III, 1574-1589 -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Historical Novels Category: French Literature 631049 2025-08-03T12:26:04.636630 text/html 630870 2025-01-11T00:51:24.493026 text/html 298940 2025-08-03T12:26:15.671566 application/epub+zip 308639 2025-08-03T12:26:08.123669 application/epub+zip 299001 2025-08-03T12:26:06.669680 application/epub+zip 574255 2025-08-03T12:26:21.074564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527717 2025-08-03T12:26:14.736571 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489812 2022-09-04T07:14:49.771438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 535164 2025-08-03T12:26:04.067661 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 524479 2015-03-24T14:59:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18692 2025-08-03T12:26:21.239571 application/rdf+xml 14003 2025-08-03T12:26:07.184689 image/jpeg 3566 2025-08-03T12:26:06.923658 image/jpeg 193081 2015-03-24T15:02:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 295891 2025-08-03T12:26:04.683664 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia