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A good novelist needs be a good historian. Alexandre Dumas was a novelistwho knew his history. At least in his early works, he was meticulous in his research.This series of books are histories which place most romantic novels in the shade;they cover many centuries and many lands—those concerning the Renaissance Popes areespecially intriguing.

Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelisthas spared no language—has minced no words—to describe the violentscenes of a violent time.

The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as themotives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a seriesof stories based upon historical records, from the pen of AlexandreDumas, pere, when he was not "the elder," nor yet the author ofD'Artagnan or Monte Cristo, but was a rising young dramatist and alion in the literary set and world of fashion.