A.Dumas Les Francais a Naples (piece inedit)
DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A rare and excellent Autograph Manuscript in the hand of Dumas, 82 pages, large 4to, n.p., n.d., being the manuscript of two chapters of his work Les Français à Naples (1862), in French. An unusually cleanly written rare manuscript, unsigned and apparently inedited. The first chapter contains thirteen scenes and the second chapter contains four scenes. The manuscript includes all dialogues and full text of his work, including the personages Emma [Hamilton], Teresa, Championnet, Le Prince, etc.. An excellent and lengthy manuscript in the hand of his author Alexandre Dumas. Very small age tone to some page borders, otherwise G to VG
La San Felice is a late work by Alexandre Dumas published in 186, Teresa, 5. It reports on the enthusiasm of the people of Naples at the arrival of the French army, the creation of the Neapolitan republic, then the terrible repression and massacres which followed the monarchical restoration. In April 1861, Alexandre Dumas discovered the archives of the Neapolitan monarchy and he planned to create “a work which would not be without importance for the Cause". From these archives several works will be published. First, a history of the monarchy of Naples: Storia di Borboni di Napoli, published from May 1862 to February 1864 as a supplement to L'Indipendente, and partially translated into French under the title Les Bourbons de Naples, this manuscript being part of it. Essentially composed of documents, this text traces the history of the monarchy, specifying certain events and in particular the ephemeral Neapolitan Republic. The writer takes up a project already mentioned ten years earlier, that of the life of Lady Hamilton and, in particular, her role with the Queen of Naples, Marie-Caroline, and Nelson during the events of 1798- 1799.