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Cyrano de Bergerac

heroic comedy in five acts
1976
Rostand's classic romantic drama portraying the swordsman and poet.

C?ecile

gates of gold
2002
In 1711, twelve-year-old C?ecile Revel unexpectedly gets the chance to serve Louis XIV's sister-in-law at the palace of Versailles, but instead of a dream come true, life at court proves to be complicated and precarious.

Louis XVI

the silent king
2000
Profiles Louis XVI's life, exploring interpretations of his actions during the French Revolution and attempting to reconstruct his political thought.

To the scaffold

the life of Marie Antoinette
2004
Presents a biography of Marie Antoinette, controversial and misunderstood queen of France at the time of the French Revolution.

The three musketeers

1991
A young Gascon nobleman, d'Artagnan, sets off for Paris in hopes of joining the Musketeers. He proves himself fighting with them and earns a place in their ranks. With d'Artagnan the three preserve the honor of the king and thwart the schemes of Cardinal Richelieu.

The hidden diary of Marie Antoinette

2005
The author presents a historical fiction on the life and death of Marie Antoinette through a diary she leaves behind in her prison cell.

Double cross

2013
"When Greg and the Musketeers return to Paris and find the city under siege, they leap into action to prevent King Louis from being overthrown and history from being changed forever"--Provided by publisher.

The Man in the iron mask

2003
In their final adventure, the four Musketeers plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.

The lacemaker and the princess

2007
Eleven-year-old Isabelle, living with her lacemaker grandmother and mother near the palace of Versailles in 1788, becomes close friends with Marie Antoinette's daughter, Princess Therese, and finds their relationship complicated not only by their different social class but by the growing political unrest and resentment of the French people.

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