Celebrated Crimes (Complete)
by Alexandre Dumas pere
Publisher: Project Gutenberg 2004
ISBN/ASIN: B003KVL208
Description:
The contents of these volumes, as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. The book was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language -- has minced no words -- to describe the violent scenes of a violent time.
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