{"product_id":"alexandre-dumas-f-w-j-hemmings-9781448205271","title":"Alexandre Dumas: The King of Romance","description":"The last of Alexandre Dumas's many mistresses, the American actress Adah Menken, called him \"the king of romance.\" She was not thinking only of his immensely popular novels \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Count of Monte Cristo\u003c\/i\u003e - everything about Dumas was touched with the spirit of romance, and it is that spirit which this exhilarating biography captures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was romance in Dumas's ori­gins. He grew up in the country, the son of a general who fought under Napoleon in Egypt and Italy and whose own parents were a French marquis and a slave from Haiti. As a boy, Dumas's closest friends were local poachers and a gardener whom he once watched cut open a grass snake to lib­erate a frog. The world was full of magical possibilities, and, in his twen­ties, after moving to Paris and working as a clerk under the Due d'Orleans, Dumas established himself, with Victor Hugo, as one of the leading Romantic playwrights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn its scope and richness, Dumas's life bears comparison to those of his fictional heroes. Drawing on Dumas's memoirs and surviving correspon­dence, Professor Hemmings constructs a fascinating story of a writer whose novels continue to excite our imagi­nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e F. W. J. Hemmings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1448205271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448205271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.73d","brand":"F. W. J. Hemmings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159384617215,"sku":"9781448205271","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_480f56f0-127b-4dbf-a5ce-8d9876730354.jpg?v=1689082284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alexandre-dumas-f-w-j-hemmings-9781448205271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}