Before fiction, there was Celebrated Crimes — Alexandre Dumas’s sweeping eight-volume collection of real criminal cases drawn from European history. From the Borgias and Mary Queen of Scots to masked assassins and poisoners of the French court, Dumas retells each case with the narrative drive that made him the most-read author of his era. History, passion, and justice collide on every page.
Originally published in serial form in the 1830s and 1840s, the complete collection reads like a precursor to modern true crime. Download the free EPUB omnibus and lose yourself in centuries of villainy brought vividly to life.