La Dame de Monsoreau

Château de Montsoreau, 1455, Val de Loire

Author| Alexandre Dumas
in collaboration with Auguste Maquet
Original title| La Dame de Montsoreau
Country| France
Language| French
Genre| Historical novel

Publication date

| 1846 (serialised)
Preceded by| La Reine Margot
Followed by| The Forty-Five Guardsmen

La Dame de Monsoreau is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, père published in 1846. It owes its name to the counts who owned the famous château de Montsoreau. The novel is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Count de Bussy and the woman he adores, la Dame de Monsoreau. Chicot the Jester is a character in the novel, and in some English translations he is the title character.

## External links[edit]

* La dame de Monsoreau -- Tome 1 at Project Gutenberg

* La dame de Monsoreau -- Tome 2 at Project Gutenberg

* La dame de Monsoreau -- Tome 3 at Project Gutenberg

* Chicot the Jester at Project Gutenberg
* Chicot the Jester public domain audiobook at LibriVox

La Dame de Monsoreau (1913)

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Alexandre Dumas père

Novels|

* The Conspirators
* The Count of Monte Cristo
* The Three Musketeers
* The Fencing Master
* The Corsican Brothers
* The Black Tulip
* Captain Pamphile
* Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
* La Dame de Monsoreau
* Georges
* The Knight of Sainte-Hermine
* The Queen's Necklace
* La Reine Margot
* The New Troy
* Twenty Years After
* The Two Dianas
* The Vicomte de Bragelonne
* The Wolf Leader
* La Sanfelice
* The Women's War

Characters|

* Edmond Dantès
* Aramis
* Athos
* Anne of Austria
* d'Artagnan
* Abbé Faria
* Milady de Winter
* Porthos
* Cardinal Richelieu
* Comte de Rochefort
* M. de Tréville

Related|

* Alexandre Dumas fils (son)
* Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (father)
* Marie-Cessette Dumas (grandmother)
* Auguste Maquet (collaborator)
* Théâtre Historique
* Château de Monte-Cristo
* L'Autre Dumas (2010 film)
* Orson Welles and People (lost documentary)

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