Forty-five

Alexandre Dumas is a world-renowned writer, author of numerous captivating historical novels. The rapid development of events, unexpected plot twists, court intrigues, unscrupulous struggles for power, love and hatred—all this can be found in the novel "Forty-five," dedicated to the Huguenot Wars of the late 16th century. King Henry III of France is in deadly danger. Power-hungry Guises hire an entire army of killers, and only forty-five bodyguards loyal to the king are still able to save the throne from a bloody crime… The book features illustrations by French artists of the 19th century Jean-Adolphe Bouguereau, Edouard Detaille, Alphonse de Neuville, and American Frank Taylor Merrill.