Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by Dumas, Alexandre

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MP3 Audio CD. Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2) CHAPTER I Towards the end of the fifteenth century—that is to say, at the epoch when our history opens the Piazza of St. Peter’s at Rome was far from presenting so noble an aspect as that which is offered in our own day to anyone who approaches it by the Piazza dei Rusticucci. In fact, the Basilica of Constantine existed no longer, while that of Michael Angelo, the masterpiece of thirty popes, which cost the labour of three centuries and the expense of two hundred and sixty millions, existed not yet. The ancient edifice, which had lasted for eleven hundred and forty-five years, had been threatening to fall in about 1440, and Nicholas V, artistic forerunner of Julius II and Leo X, had had it pulled down, together with the temple of Probus Anicius which adjoined it. In their place he had had the foundations of a new temple laid by the architects Rossellini and Battista Alberti; but some years later, after the… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and The Cenci CHAPTER I Towards the end of the fifteenth century—that is to say, at the epoch when our history opens the Piazza of St. Peter’s at Rome was far from presenting so noble an aspect as that which is offered in our own day to anyone who approaches it by the Piazza dei Rusticucci. In fact, the Basilica of Constantine existed no longer, while that of Michael Angelo, the masterpiece of thirty popes, which cost the labour of three centuries and the expense of two hundred and sixty millions, existed not yet. The ancient edifice, which had lasted for eleven hundred and forty-five years, had been threatening to fall in about 1440, and Nicholas V, artistic forerunner of Julius II and Leo X, had had it pulled down, together with the temple of Probus Anicius which adjoined it. In their place he had had the foundations of a new temple laid by the architects Rossellini and Battista Alberti; but some years later, after the death of… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2) CHAPTER I Towards the end of the fifteenth century—that is to say, at the epoch when our history opens the Piazza of St. Peter’s at Rome was far from presenting so noble an aspect as that which is offered in our own day to anyone who approaches it by the Piazza dei Rusticucci. In fact, the Basilica of Constantine existed no longer, while that of Michael Angelo, the masterpiece of thirty popes, which cost the labour of three centuries and the expense of two hundred and sixty millions, existed not yet. The ancient edifice, which had lasted for eleven hundred and forty-five years, had been threatening to fall in about 1440, and Nicholas V, artistic forerunner of Julius II and Leo X, had had it pulled down, together with the temple of Probus Anicius which adjoined it. In their place he had had the foundations of a new temple laid by the architects Rossellini and Battista Alberti; but some years later, after the… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and The Cenci CHAPTER I Towards the end of the fifteenth century—that is to say, at the epoch when our history opens the Piazza of St. Peter’s at Rome was far from presenting so noble an aspect as that which is offered in our own day to anyone who approaches it by the Piazza dei Rusticucci. In fact, the Basilica of Constantine existed no longer, while that of Michael Angelo, the masterpiece of thirty popes, which cost the labour of three centuries and the expense of two hundred and sixty millions, existed not yet. The ancient edifice, which had lasted for eleven hundred and forty-five years, had been threatening to fall in about 1440, and Nicholas V, artistic forerunner of Julius II and Leo X, had had it pulled down, together with the temple of Probus Anicius which adjoined it. In their place he had had the foundations of a new temple laid by the architects Rossellini and Battista Alberti; but some years later, after the death of… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Favorable outcome were letters received from all towns in France of severe violence. The subjects of which are both historical and dramatic. Upon dissecting the book, people might presume of a disorderly government in Europe in the middle ages, of Borgias, Cenci, Urbain Grandier, and Marchioness of Brinvilliers or Ganges. Celebrated Crimes, Volume 1 consists of The Borgias and The Cenci. Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie or better known as Alexandre Dumas, père, was a French author. His books were translated in almost a hundred dialects, and he is among the greatest French writers. Most of his classical fiction books were printed as series, such as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His fiction books have been made into about 200 film adaptations in the early twentieth century. Dumas' final work, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, was not completed because of his death, but was finished by an academic and printed in… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Favorable outcome were letters received from all towns in France of severe violence. The subjects of which are both historical and dramatic. Upon dissecting the book, people might presume of a disorderly government in Europe in the middle ages, of Borgias, Cenci, Urbain Grandier, and Marchioness of Brinvilliers or Ganges. Celebrated Crimes, Volume 1 consists of The Borgias and The Cenci. Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie or better known as Alexandre Dumas, père, was a French author. His books were translated in almost a hundred dialects, and he is among the greatest French writers. Most of his classical fiction books were printed as series, such as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His fiction books have been made into about 200 film adaptations in the early twentieth century. Dumas' final work, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, was not completed because of his death, but was finished by an academic and printed in… Read More