Forty five

Alexander Dumas is a world famous writer, author of many fascinating historical novels. The rapid development of events, the unexpected turns of the plot, court intrigues, an unprincipled struggle for power, love and hatred - all this will find the reader in the novel "Forty -Fi", dedicated to the Huguenot wars of the late 16th century. The king of France Henry III is in mortal danger. Giza greedy to the authorities hire a whole army of killers, and only forty-five bodyguards faithful to the king are still able to save the throne from a bloody crime ... The book uses illustrations of French artists of the 19th century Jean-Adolf Bos, Ed Coppin, Alfons de Neville and American Frank Tayer Merillal