Author : Alexandre Dumas
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ISBN 13 : 9781330537015
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (37 download)
Book Synopsis The Company of Jehu, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Alexandre Dumas
Download or read book The Company of Jehu, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Company of Jehu, Vol. 1 It is about a year since my old friend, Jules Simon, author of "Devoir" asked me to write him a novel for the "Journal pour Tous." I told him the subject of one which I had in my mind. It suited him; and we came to an agreement on the spot. The action took place from 1791 to 1793, and the first chapter opened at Varennes the evening of the king's arrest. I told Jules Simon that however impatient the "Journal" might be, I must have a fortnight before I began the book. I wanted to go to Yarennes; I had never been to Varennes. Now there is one thing I cannot do; I cannot write a book or a drama about localities I have never seen. To write "Christine" I went to Fontainebleau; to write "Henri III." I went to Blois; to write "Les Trois Mousquetaires" I went to Bethune and Boulogne; to write "Monte-Cristo" I returned to the Catalans and the Chateau d'lf; to write "Isaac Laquedem" I revisited Rome; and I did, most certainly, spend more time in studying Jerusalem and Corinth from a distance than it would have taken me to go there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.