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

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), French novelist and playwright, was one of the most famous and prolific French writers of the nineteenth century, producing some 250 books. He is best known for his historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, and he was among the first authors to fully exploit the possibilities of the serial novel. He is credited with revitalizing the historical novel in France. His riveting, fast-paced adventure tales that blend history and fiction have been adapted into nearly 200 films. His last unfinished last novel, The Last Cavalier,  lost to historians for 125 years, was completed in 2005 and quickly became a best seller.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and 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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