Features one of the strangest characters in literature, Joseph Balsamo, also known as Cagliostro (later a key figure in the Affair of the Necklace). An alchemist, conspirator, and Freemason, Balsamo figures prominently in the eventual downfall of the French monarchy.
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This is a must for Dumas fans. Joseph Balsamo is the first book in a series that capture the history of the French revolution in a novel that is truly of epic proportins.Love, war, fantasy and politics are delicately woven into the fabric of the story. Highly recommended.
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Great Book - Very Sloppy Publishing,
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My one-star review here has nothing to do with Dumas' novel, but a very poor publishing job by 'Boomer Books'. It seems to average about a typo or two per page. At times these typos actually confuse the reading, since they are not only misspellings, but also whole words will be replaced with entirely different words. I can take a typo here and there, but in this book it is so common that it begins to affect the enjoyability of reading it.I will say that the book itself is great and I highly recommend it. I have not seen any other versions of this book, but if you can find one published by other than 'Boomer Books', it would be much better. There is no introduction or translation notes or anything like that. Its very obvious that Boomer put no efforts or care into this.
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worst publisher in the world,
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in fifty years of reading books in several languages, i have never seen a book so poorly prepared. there is not a single page without a typo, misspelling, wrong font, bad punctuation... some pages have as many as ten mistakes. clearly no one at the publisher read the book. apparently no one really cared. it's absolutely awful. don't buy this edition.
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Madame Dubarry, Mademoiselle de Taverney, Monsieur Rousseau, Dame Grivette, Monsieur Gilbert, Master Flageot, Mademoiselle Andree, Duke de Richelieu, Madame de Noailles, Count de Fenix, Madame de Bearn, Madame de Grammont, Place Louis, Rue Saint Claude, Countess Dubarry, Baron de Taverney, Rue Coq-Heron, Rue Platriere, Jean Dubarry, Mademoiselle Nicole, Countess de Bearn, Count de Provence, Duke de Choiseul, Hotel Dieu, Madame de Pompadour New!
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- The Social Contract (Penguin Classics) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on page 351
- Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau by John Locke on page 351
- Le grand livre de Dumas (French Edition) on 5 pages
- Marvels Beyond Science by Dr. Joseph Grasset on 4 pages
- Recherches Poietiques: 12 Etudes Originales (Collection D'esthetique) (French Edition) by Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) on 4 pages
- Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis by Robin Waterfield in Front Matter, page 3, and page 226
- From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism by Theodore Flournoy on page 84, page 85, and page 105
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