Celebrated Crimes
by Alexandre Dumas
Learn about some of the most notorious criminals from all over Europe in this huge collection by Alexander Dumas, one of the leading authors of historical fiction. The Dumas often speaks in gruesome detail, of murders, robberies and all sorts of crimes from hundreds of years of European history. This collection of 18 articles is based on the historical facts of famous criminals and the crimes they committed. Includes: Borgias, Chenchi, The Southern Massacres, Maria Stewart, Karl-Ludwig Sand, Urben Grandier, Nishida, Derues, La Constantine, Jeanne of Naples, The Man in the Mask of Iron (essay), Martin Guerre, Ali Pacha, Countess de Saint-Guaran, Murat, Marquis de Brinvillier, Vaninca and Marquis de Ganges.
