Taking the Bastile

by Alexandre Dumas

Overview

A Historical Story of the Great French Revolution.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE SON OF GILBERT.
CHAPTER II. ANGE PITOU.
CHAPTER III. A REVOLUTIONARY FARMER.
CHAPTER IV. LONG LEGS ARE GOOD FOR RUNNING, IF NOT FOR DANCING.
CHAPTER V. WHY THE POLICE AGENT CAME WITH THE CONSTABLES.
CHAPTER VI. ON THE ROAD.
CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST BLOOD.
CHAPTER VIII. PITOU DISCOVERS HE IS BRAVE.
CHAPTER IX. "TO THE BASTILE!"
CHAPTER X. BLOWING HOT AND COLD.
CHAPTER XI. THE PRISON GOVERNOR.
CHAPTER XII. STORMING THE BASTILE.
CHAPTER XIII. DOWN IN THE DUNGEONS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE TRIANGLE OF LIBERTY.
CHAPTER XV. THE YOUNG VISIONARY.
CHAPTER XVI. THE PHYSICIAN FOR THE STATE.
CHAPTER XVII. THE COUNTESS OF CHARNY.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE QUEEN AT BAY.
CHAPTER XIX. THE QUEEN'S FAVOURITE.
CHAPTER XX. THE TRIO OF LOVE.
CHAPTER XXI. THE QUEEN AND HER MASTER.
CHAPTER XXII. THE PRIVATE COUNCIL.
CHAPTER XXIII. WHY THE QUEEN WAITED.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE ARMY OF WOMEN.
CHAPTER XXV. THE NIGHT OF HORRORS.
CHAPTER XXVI. BILLET'S SORROW.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149375257
Publisher:	Bronson Tweed Publishing
Publication date:	04/17/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	426 KB

About the Author

Alexandre Dumas (French: [a.l?k.s?~d? dy.ma], born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, [dy.ma da.vi d? la pa.j?.t?i]; 24 July 1802 � 5 December 1870),[1] also known as Alexandre Dumas, p�re, was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later were originally published as serials. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, unfinished at his death, was completed by a scholar and published in 2005, becoming a bestseller. It was published in English in 2008 as The Last Cavalier.