Gaule et France

by Alexandre Dumas, Julie Anselmini (Editor)

Overview

Gaule et France (1833) by Alexandre Dumas seeks out the early signs of French democracy in the medieval era, while presenting itself as the avant-propos to the "Drame de la France" that the author will retrospectively boast he composed from the totality of his historical oeuvre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782812434853
Publisher:	Classiques Garnier
Publication date:	10/21/2015
Series:	Bibliotheque du XIXe siecle Series , #37
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)
Language:	French

About the Author

One of the most widely read French authors famed for his historical fiction of high adventure, Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) wrote more than a hundred plays and novels, including the famous Three Musketeers trilogy, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask. His books have been translated into more than 100 languages.

Editorial Reviews

Review - French Gaule et France(1833) participe a l'important renouveau des etudes historiques qui marque la premiere moitie du XIXsiecle. Par les modeles que revendique Alexandre Dumas, ce vaste resume de l'histoire de France, de ses origines a 1328, est affilie a l'ecole liberale, qui cherche dans l'epoque medievale les premices democratiques de la nation française. Son progressisme s'affiche en outre dans des pages prophetiques, annoncant une revolution parlementaire appelee a emporter le regime de Louis-Philippe et a lui substituer une magistrature aux mains d'un homme ne parmi le peuple . Enfin, cet essai contient en germe tout le Drame de la France que Dumas se vantera retrospectivement d'avoir compose a travers la somme de son oeuvre historique.

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