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“constantin photiades”

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  • Count Cagliostro

    by Constantin Photiades ...
    This is an engaging account of the life of Count Cagliostro, who donned such varied personas as magician, alchemist, colonel, swindler, mythical priest and founder of Egyptian masonry. Photiades details the Count's life from its humble beginnings in Palermo to his adventures in Europe and finally his demise in a remote fortress. ... Read more

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  • The Queen's Necklace

    by Antal Szerb ...
    Translated by Len Rix ...
    Series series Pushkin Collection
    In August 1785, Paris buzzed with a scandal that had everything—an eminent churchman, a female fraudster, a part-time prostitute and the hated Queen herself. Its centrepiece was the most expensive diamond necklace ever assembled, and the tangle of fraud, folly, blindness and self-delusion it provoked. The humiliation the affair brought on the royal family contributed to their appalling deaths in ... Read more

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  • The Duchesse de Langeais

    by Honore de Balzac ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • The Life of Henry Brulard

    by Stendhal, Lydia Davis ...
    The Life of Henry Brulard is the autobiography of one of France's greatest writers, Stendhal, author of The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. Here, writing at white heat and with such ferocious honesty and indignation that his book was to remain unpublishable for more than a century after its composition, Stendhal revisits his unhappy childhood in a stuffy provincial town and bares ... Read more

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  • Scaramouche The King Maker

    by Raphael Sabatini ...
    Series Book 2 - Scaramouche
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    Casanova captures the essence of the social setup of Paris in this work. He elaborately paints the mesmerizing landscape as well as the people that infuses colour to the picture. The style is not only unique but also captivating. ... Read more

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  • Napoleon and the Fair Sex

    by Frédéric Masson ...
    Translated by Anon. ...
    Frédéric Masson stands as one of the foremost historians that France has ever produced. His specialist subject was the era of Napoleon, and few men have written such brilliant and penetrating studies of the Emperor. In this volume, translated from his book 'Napoléon et les femmes', Masson charts the Emperor's amorous adventures throughout his life.It is a wonder that Napoleon had any time to ... Read more

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  • Cosmopolis — Complete

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    by Paul Bourget, Eric Booth ...
    In "Cosmopolis '— Complete," Paul Bourget meticulously explores the complexities of urban life and the individual's place within the bustling metropolis of Paris in the early 20th century. Bourget's literary style is characterized by a psychological depth that merges naturalism and symbolism, offering a profound examination of the moral dilemmas faced by modern society. Through rich character ... Read more

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  • The Memoirs of Maria Stella (Lady Newborough)

    by Maria Stella Ungern-Sternberg ...
    In the spring of 1902 I was rummaging amongst the Archives of the Vatican, of whose secular secrets Pope Leo XIII, of august memory, had made an end by opening them to the world of inquirers, with no fear that the dangerous resurrection of this Lazarus of history would be for that liberal Pontiff—as it was for the Divine Miracle-worker of Bethany—the prelude to the maledictions of a scandalized ... Read more

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  • Alexandre Dumas: His Life and Works

    by Arthur F. Davidson ...
    There is no question here of introducing an unknown man or discovering an unrecognized genius: Dumas is the property of all the world. An in-depth biography of the author of "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". ... Read more

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  • Celebrated Crimes 'The Cenci', 'The Countess of St Geran' and 'Karl Ludwig Sand'

    by Alexandre Dumas ...
    This text was taken from 'Celebrated Crimes', a series of essays on famous criminals and crimes by the author of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'The Three Musketeers', Alexandre Dumas, and contains the text from three of the books in the series. This volume contains books on• Beatrice Cenci, an Italian noblewoman committed of murder in the 16th century.• The Countess of Saint-Geran• Karl Ludwig ... Read more

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