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Alexandre Dumas is a French author from the 18th century that wrote:

Charles VII at the Homes of His Great Vassals
Othon l’archer
The Fencing Master
Georges
The Nutcracker (a revision of Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, later adapted by Tchaikovsky as a ballet)
The Black Tulip
The Wolf-Leader
The Gold Thieves
The Companions of Jehu
Robin Hood
The Whites and the Blues
The Last Cavalier
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Regent's Daughter
The Two Dianas

the D'Artagnan Romances:
The Three Musketeers
Twenty Years After
The Vicomte de Bragelonne, sometimes called "Ten Years Later"

the Valois romances
La Reine Margot
La Dame de Monsoreau
The Forty-Five Guardsmen

the Marie Antoinette romances:
Joseph Balsamo
The Queen's Necklace
Ange Pitou (a.k.a. Storming the Bastille or Six Years Later)
The Countess de Charny
Knight of the Red House


I've seen various film versions of The Three Musketeers, and one of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Man in the Iron Mask. They were all very good.

The Three Musketeers is the only one of Dumas' works that I've actually read. sweatdrop Athos was my favourite character. Ever notice how I usually like the calm characters? Anyway, the best line from the book was when Athos said to D'Artagnan, "I mistrust women. I especially mistrust blonde women." Because I'm blonde, I was offended at first, but then I started laughing for a full, good minute. lol

The films aren't much like the book, particularly the newest rendition, but I still enjoyed it...Probably because I watched it BEFORE reading it, so I wasn't hard to please! xd

I might read The Count of Monte Cristo someday since I imagine Edmund Dantes' thoughts of revenge must be fascinating. Wolf-Leader and Nutcracker would likely entertain me also. smile