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The Women's War
A swashbuckling novel by the author of The Three Musketeers
Set in the same period as his best-known novel, Alexandre Dumass forgotten masterpiece (Le Monde) features two steely and preternaturally modern heroines fighting on opposite sides of the wars that ravaged seventeenth-century France. An unabashed page-turner, humorous, dramatic, and crackling with panache, thi
...morePaperback, 576 pages
Published
March 27th 2007
by Penguin Classics
(first published June 6th 2003)
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Plot twists, intrigue, characters intwined mysteriously in each other's past and current lives. I was lulled into an enjoyable read, following the political turns of war and loyalties, amazing escapes, both like-able and dastardly characters - then - Wham! - the pace took off and I couldn't expect what was coming or believe it when it did! Okay, I even teared-up a little. Nobody wraps up a plot like Dumas, and he is gracious enough to give conclusions to all his characters.
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oh! il m'a filé le bourdon alors ce livre! J'aurais tellement aimé une "happy end". J'ai lu les dernières pages, haletant, en diagonale pour en savoir le dénouement... tragique, car il faut avouer que Dumas c'est pas vraiment l'art de l'ellipse mais celui de la narration qui rebondit de péripétie en péripétie... et tient le lecteur en haleine.
Ca un superbe roman épique, historique, romantique... avec des mousquetaires, une reine de France, des altesses royales, le Duc de La Rochefoucau...more
Ca un superbe roman épique, historique, romantique... avec des mousquetaires, une reine de France, des altesses royales, le Duc de La Rochefoucau...more
This book features two steely and preternaturally modern heroines fighting on opposite sides of the wars that ravaged seventeenth-century France. Really funny while being a page turner!
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This is translated by somebody other than the one who translated all the others, so it hasn't been as enjoyable for me as the rest.
I really enjoyed this novel, I think it fed into some of my darker ideas about justice/injustice in politics. I really enjoyed learning more about this time period as well. It's kind of a forgotten as it falls in-between the infamous Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIV's golden years. If you've ever read and enjoyed Dumas this book is definitely worth your time.
This was an interesting book in that it has much of the Dumas style and enters into a piece of French history I am not familiar with. The characters were all spirited and it was lovely to have women as the central force. Many of the books event pivot around possibilities and rash action which drove me nuts and the inconstancy of the men was irksome. However it is a recommended read if you've gone through other Dumas novels and found them favorable.
Very engaging book, compelling, I was even going to be a fan of Alexandre Dumas...Except he killed the hero! There you were at the edge of your seat and the hero kept on getting out of tight situations and then...! He is killed! I couldn't even finish the book! Very worth while though, more captivating to read than the Count of Monte Cristo.
At last I found a book by Dumas that is almost as good as the Count of Monte Cristo. The story is based on the real incident in which two men on opposite sides of a civil war were excuted. Fortuntly my favorite character, the trickster, survived. I generelly have a hard time with books that end with a death.
This is definitely an enjoyable and adventurous Dumas, but I wouldn't recommend it as an introduction to his work. It's a tad uneven in spots, and the ending feels both drawn out and rushed, as if he was uncertain how to end it, and delayed doing so until he decided to just slap an ending on.
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This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.
Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors i...more
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Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors i...more
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