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The Last Vendée; or, the She-Wolves of Machecoul

By Alexandre Dumas

2019-08-24 00:38:37

"The Last Vendee" deals with the Duchess de Berrys attempt to stir up an insurrection in that province in 1832, and has some romantic threads interwoven. This novel was conceived by one of Dumas assistants, Gaspard de Cherville. The plot takes place ... Read more
"The Last Vendee" deals with the Duchess de Berrys attempt to stir up an insurrection in that province in 1832, and has some romantic threads interwoven. This novel was conceived by one of Dumas assistants, Gaspard de Cherville. The plot takes place between 1831 and 1832 at the confluence of Retz, Pays Nantais and the Marais Breton. Mary and Bertha, twin girls and bastard of a former royalist fighter of 1793, nicknamed "the she-wolves of Machecoul" are drawn into a struggle in which the Duchess of Berry wants to awaken the Vendée royalist spirit to offer the throne of France to his son. At the same time, they both meet and fall in love with Baron Michel Logerie, Less

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File size1362.03 KB
Print pages540
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1534745339
Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which h...

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