The conspirators; or, The chevalier d'Harmental
Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The conspirators; or, The chevalier d'Harmental
Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
"The conspirators; or, The chevalier d'Harmental" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a novel published in 1843. Set in 1718 France, the story revolves around a dangerous conspiracy against the regency of Philippe d'Orléans, who governs during young Louis XV's infancy. This collaboration between Dumas and Maquet launched a prolific partnership that would produce eighteen novels together. Critics have ranked it among Dumas's masterpieces, with his biographer calling it the finest of his works set during Louis XV's reign.
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Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) and Auguste Maquet (1813–1888) wrote together for a decade, and the books everyone knows as Dumas's came out of that partnership: Maquet worked up the history and drafted the plots, Dumas wrote the version that was published. Dumas was the grandson of an enslaved woman in Saint-Domingue and the son of one of Napoleon's generals, and he produced serial fiction at industrial speed for the newspapers of his day. Maquet sued for credit and a share of the proceeds in 1858 and largely lost. The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers are both theirs.