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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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Joseph Balsamo,
By Bob Doust (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Joseph Balsamo (Paperback)
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.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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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.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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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, Monsieur Gilbert, Dame Grivette, Master Flageot, Mademoiselle Andree, Rue Platriere, King Louis, Madame de Noailles, The Apologue, Madame de Bearn, Place Louis, Rue Saint Claude, The Sorcerer Chase, The Report, Duke de Richelieu, Complete His Elixir, Madame de Grammont, The Field of the Dead, Some Is Despair, Old Acquaintance Whom He Thought Lost, Rue Coq-Heron, The Make-Shift of His Majesty Louis, Count de Fenix Browse Sample Pages:
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petit souper, transacted business, highness the dauphiness, double sight, dear duke, dear philosopher Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madame Dubarry, Mademoiselle de Taverney, Monsieur Rousseau, Monsieur Gilbert, Dame Grivette, Master Flageot, Mademoiselle Andree, Rue Platriere, King Louis, Madame de Noailles, The Apologue, Madame de Bearn, Place Louis, Rue Saint Claude, The Sorcerer Chase, The Report, Duke de Richelieu, Complete His Elixir, Madame de Grammont, The Field of the Dead, Some Is Despair, Old Acquaintance Whom He Thought Lost, Rue Coq-Heron, The Make-Shift of His Majesty Louis, Count de Fenix Browse Sample Pages:
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