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Alexandre Dumas ALEX ANDRE DUMAS. IN T R O D U C T O RY N O T E S AND F L I S T S O C H A R A C T E R S . B O S T O N L ITTLE BRO N AN D COMPANY. , W , 1 8 9 5 . Co ri ht 1 892 1 8 93 1 89 py g , , 4, BY LITTLE BROW N AND M Y , , CO PAN UNIV E RSITY PRE SS I SO AND ON CAM B RIDG E U . S. A. J OHN W L N S , , C O N T E N T S. N THE TW O DIANA S . INTRODUCTORY OTE LIST OF CHARACT E RS TR D C T HE PAG E OF THE DUKE OF SA VOY . IN O U TORY NOTE LIST OF CHARACTERS D E I N E MARG UERIT E V ALOIS . NTRODUCTORY OT LIST OF LA DAM MONSOREAU I U N E DE . NTROD CTORY OTE LIST OF CHARACT ERS TY- I D TH E FOR FIVE . NTRO UCTORY NOTE LIST OF CHARACTERS E E N TH T HR E M USKE T EERS . INTRODUCTORY OTE LIST OF CHARACTERS TWENTY YEARS AFTER . INTRODUCTORY NOT E LIST OF CHARA CT ERS TH E V M E D E L ICO T BRAG E ONNE . INTRODUCTORY NOTE LIST OF CHARACTERS THE T U IP I BLACK L . NTRO D UCTORY NOTE LIST OF CH ARACT ER S LE C E D’ D N H VALIER HARM ENT AL . INTRO UCTORY OTE LIST OF CHARACT ERS C NEN S 4 O T T . ’ I D N THE REG E NT S DAU G HTER . NTRO UCTORY OTE LIST OF CH ARACTERS Y I D N MEMOIRS OF A PH SICIAN . NTRO UCTORY OT E LIST OF CHARACTERS ’ I THE Q UE EN S NE CKLACE . NTRODUCTORY NOTE LIST OF CHARACTERS I ANGE PITOU . NTROD UCTORY NOT E LIST OF CHARACTERS LA M A I CO TESSE DE CH RNY . NTRODUCTORY NOTE LIST O F CHARACTERS - E IN T ROD UC THE CHEVALIER DE MAISON ROUG . TORY NOTE LIST OF CHARA CTER S THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO . LIST OF CHAR ACT ERS ' D T HE TW O IA NA S . I TR D T RY TE N O UC O NO . THE claim of Alex andre Dumas to be considered rs amon his torical r omancists as or resent can fi t g , p t p , hardly be disputed ; and his magic pen finds abun an r ch ma er a for the h s or ca se n of the d t, i t i l i t i l tti g The er o in wh ch tale told in the following pages . p i d i the action of The Two Dianas is supposed to take f nr h ace covers the a er ears o He II. and t e pl , l t y i br ef and me ancho re n of his o des son ran i l ly ig l t , F o s the -fa e hus an of Mar uar whose c i II ill t d b d y St t, later history has caused her brief occupancy of the n f ran be o h of Th s er o thro e o F ce to l s t s ig t . i p i d saw the erm na on and ear ma ur if not the g i ti ly t ity, ac ua s o n of the s r t of the Reforma on in t l wi g, pi i ti r n It w as ur n hese ears ha the nam F a ce. d i g t y t t e ' of John Calvin ac quired the celebrity which has never waned and ha his devo e o o ers La , t t t d f ll w , Renau e Theo ore de Be e Am ro se aré the di , d z , b i P , amous s ur eon and the mmor a Co n be f g , i t l lig y gan the crusade for freedom of worship which was s ea ma n a ne unchec e Tumu of t dily i t i d, k d by lt mbo h m n l A se or Massacre of St . Bar o o ew u t l i , t l , C Y E 6 INTRODU TOR NOT . Henri of Navarre put the crown upon their heroic la ors and ave hem res e for a me h the b , g t pit ti wit “ ” famous E c of Nan es made more famous s di t t , till “ ” by its Revocation a cen tury later under the aus ces of Madame de Ma n enon at the ns a pi i t , i tig n f h r e u hose or ons of h tio o e J s it allies . T p ti t e story which introduce us to the coun cils of the Re for mers are none the less interes ting beca use the characters introduced are actual historical pers on a es nor can a to add n eres to the encoun er g , it f il i t t t between La Renaudie and Pardaillan to know that rea oo ace and ha the wo men had it lly t k pl , t t t previously been to each other almos t nearer than r I as but ne of nnumera e hea brothe s . t w o i bl rt r n n nc en s ns e ara e rom all c v and e di g i id t , i p bl f i il re ous c on s but in h ch hose res de over ligi flict , w i t p i d by the Floren tine mother of three Valois kings of re be on e ef France we prolific y d b li . How closely the authorhas adhered to historical ac for the roun or of his a e w a ear f t g dw k t l , ill pp by ’ comparing it with one Of Balzac s Etudes Philoso “ " hi ues en e Sur Ca her ne de Médicis the p q , titl d t i , “ first part of which c overs the same period as The ” Two D anas and descr es man of the same i , ib y even the v r o a ts ; a iati ns re of the slightest . The a en orbearance of Ca her ne de Me c s p ti t f t i di i , under the ne ec of her husban and the arro an gl t d, g t resum on of D ane e o ers abe e b he p pti i d P iti , tt d y t INTRODUCTORY N E OT . Constable de Montmorency ; her swift and speedy vengeance upon them as soon as she was left a widow with her large brood of p ossible kings ; her j ealous fear of the influence of the Due de Guise and his ro her the Car na de Lorra ne h ch led b t di l i , w i her - to d es re the ea h of her e des s on the nu i d t l t , or una e ran o s because his ueen was the f t t F c i , q n ece of the o er u and am ous ro hers and i p w f l biti b t , which als o led her to oppose their influence by a combination with two su ch incongruous elements as the Constable Montmorency and the Protes tant Bour on r nces of Navarre rema n n all the b p i , i i g while the b itteres t foe that the refor med religion ever had - all hese as escri e in the fo o n , t , d b d ll wi g in con orm h or a a es are s r c h s c ac . p g , t i tly f ity wit i t i l f t f he n So too is the s or o t e e ce of . uen n , , t y d f St Q ti in its ma n et a s and of the s e e of Ca a s i d il , i g l i , where the Due de Guise did receive the terrible woun d which caused the s obriquet of Le B a lafr é to be a ed to him an d was cure b the s u ppli , d y kilf l han of a r Am r r o of the Tumu d M ste b oise Pa é. S lt of Am oise and the a n u scenes at en n the b , p i f l t di g e ecu on of the v c ms and so na of the x ti i ti ; , fi lly, s en a h a - h on ro c e t t e e h bed of ran o s . t e c d t F c i II , t versy b etween the shrinking c onservatism of the ’ K n s re u ar me ca a v sers and the ar n i g g l di l d i , d i g ec ec c sm of Pare ro os n to er orm the new l ti i , p p i g p f ” O era on of re ann n .
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