TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dumas,Alexandre
TI  - The Countess of Saint Geran: Celebrated Crimes
AV  - HV 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Crime
N1  - Release date is 2006-02-28; Produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Countess de Saint-Geran" by Alexandre Dumas is a historical novel written in the early 19th century. This tale revolves around a complex web of intrigue, crime, and familial relations in the context of 17th-century France, specifically focusing on the lives and misfortunes of the noble families involved.  At the start of the novel, we are introduced to a captivating incident in the year 1639, where a troop of horsemen arrives in a village with a prisoner, the young and distinguished Marquis de Saint-Maixent, who is charged with grave crimes. The villagers speculate on his situation, while the marquis himself begins to charm the locals despite his predicament. The narrative then unfolds through a series of dramatic events involving secret escape plans and romantic entanglements, ultimately leading to a scandalous set of circumstances that intertwines the lives of the nobility, specifically the Count and Countess de Saint-Geran, as their family’s future hangs in the balance amidst threats of exposure and the desperate actions of the marquis. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2754
ER  -