The Knight of MaisonRouge, Alexandre Dumas
The Knight of MaisonRouge, Alexandre Dumas
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The Knight of Maison-Rouge

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 12 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019

Synopsis

The Knight of Maison Rouge is the story of what happens when two people from opposite political camps fall in love during Robespierre’s reign of terror.Paris, 1793. Lieutenant Maurice Lindey is an ardent young republican who hates tyranny and injustice whether they come from the left or right. But such even-handedness is a liability at a time when addressing someone as “monsieur” instead of “citizen” can bring one to the guillotine. Maurice makes daily visits to his love, Geneviève Dixmer, who lives in a quarter known as the hiding place of the Chevalier of Maison Rouge, a daring counterrevolutionary with notorious plans to free Marie Antoinette, who languishes in prison awaiting trial and inevitable execution. Soon Lindey is drawn in to the plot by the queen’s champion.

About Alexandre Dumas

One of the most famous French writers of the nineteenth century, Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) first achieved success in the literary world as a playwright before turning his hand to writing novels. In two years, from 1844 to 1845, he published two enormous books, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Both novels have sold millions of copies worldwide.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, is a full-time actor who has appeared on both stage and television. He has recorded over eight hundred audiobooks and has earned fifty-seven Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, including one for his narration of Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. A multiple Audie finalist, Simon has won Audie Awards for The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Market Forces by Richard K. Morgan, and The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. Winner of the 2008 Booklist Voice of Choice Award, Simon has also been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenny on July 18, 2020

Alexandre Dumas has done it again and rescued me from a reading slump! This was absolutely incredible, a wild ride from start to finish, and the ending left me stunned. I can’t believe this isn’t talked about more—I’m not sure what has relegated it to the bottom of the stack with Dumas. This was a g......more

Goodreads review by Yasmin on November 25, 2014

Here is a novel that had oddly vanished from circulation in France, there is no real reason as to why it was neglected out of all of Dumas's works. There is no speculation. Was it because this particular story shows how favourably he viewed the royals at such a fragile time in French history even th......more

Goodreads review by Chloé le feufollé on March 04, 2024

Dumas !? Qu’est-ce donc que cette sorcellerie ?! Première expérience avec l’auteur et c’était juste incroyable. Etait-ce le bon mood ? Un hasard du destin ? Ou juste que Dumas est fait pour moi ? On verra à la prochaine lecture. En attendant …. 100000 étoiles. Voilà ma note. Un pur chef d’œuvre qui......more

Quotes

“Narrator Simon Vance immediately places the listener into the action of Dumas’s energetic historical adventure…Vance’s narration greatly contributes to the excitement of the novel. He has a consistent serious tone when narrating the events of the story; however, he transforms his voice in the dialogue. Young Maurice Lindey speaks in a confident, sincere voice that marks him as a hero from the beginning. He especially stands out against the gruff colloquial voices of various supporting characters. Marie Antoinette speaks with both passion and reserve, and Vance’s characterization elicits sympathy for her. Overall, Vance’s compelling performance draws the listener into the audiobook’s tumultuous events.” AudioFile

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