The Companions of Jehu
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By Alexandre Dumas 23 Aug, 2019
The Companions of Jehu, as Dumas tells us in his "An Introductory Word to the Reader," was inspired by a story he had read in Charles Nodier's Souvenirs de la Revolution of four young highwaymen, belonging to a band called the Company of Jehu, who fo ... Read more
The Companions of Jehu, as Dumas tells us in his "An Introductory Word to the Reader," was inspired by a story he had read in Charles Nodier's Souvenirs de la Revolution of four young highwaymen, belonging to a band called the Company of Jehu, who fought their way out of a prison in order to avoid the guillotine. .....Set during Napoleon's ascent to power in the 1800s, it tells the story of a group of young aristocrats that become highwaymen in order to fund a restoration of the monarchy. Less
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  • 2014-07-01
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  • 978-0809594269
Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which h...
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