Famous Crimes

Alexander Dumas wrote several thousand works in various genres. His productivity and talent are astonishing. Gaining fame among Russian-speaking readers thanks to his adventure novels, Dumas in this collection appears as an author of documentary essays about murders and criminal offenses with masterfully constructed intrigue and brilliantly portrayed characters. This book includes four stories from Alexander Dumas's collection "The History of Famous Crimes": "The Cenci Family", "The Marquise de Brinvilliers", "Murat", and "Derrière".