The Knight of Maison-Rouge: A Novel of Marie Antoinette (Modern Library)

About this book

A major new translation of a forgotten classic Paris 1793 the onset of the Terror. Brave Republican Maurice rescues a mys-terious and beautiful woman from an angry mob and is unknowingly drawn into a secret Royalist plota plot revolving around the imprisoned Queen of France Marie Antoinette and her enigmatic and fearless champion the Knight of Maison-Rouge. Full of surprising twists breakneck adventure conspiracies swordplay romance and heroism The Knight of Maison-Rouge is an exhilarating tale of selflessness love and honor under the shadow of the guillotine. Dumas here is at the very height of his powers and with this first and only modern translation readers can once again ride with the Knight of Maison-Rouge.