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APPENDIX C
Name of Book. Year of
Publication.
Remarks re Authenticity, etc.


Les Grand Hommes en Robe-de-chambre: Part of a scheme for a series of biographies of great men from the earliest to the latest period, written from a new point of view.
César 1857-8
Henri IV. 1866
Louis XIII., et Richelieu 1866
*Histoire des Bourbons 1863 Originally written in Italian, "I Borboni di Napoli."
Histoire de Louis Philippe 1852 or "Histoire de Dix-Huit Ans" (1830-48), published in 1853, and again, "Le Dernier Roi."
Les Hommes de Fer 1867 A republished collection of "studies" of Pépin, Charlemagne, etc.
Italiens et Flamands 1846 Appreciative sketches of painters—Andrea del Sarto, Botticelli, Holbein, Dürer, etc., etc.
Jehanne la Pucelle 1842 A "chronique" of Joan of Arc.
Louis XIV. et Son Siècle 1844-45 The first of a series of "historical eras" which ended with the "Drame de '93." Dumas's most important historical work.
Louis XV. et sa Cour 1849 The series continues ("Le Régence" intervening).
Louis XVI. et la Révolution 1850-1 Ditto: followed by the last of the series, "'93."
Les Medicis 1845 Should be read in connection with "Trois Maitres" and "Italiens et Flamands."
Mémoires de Garibaldi 1860 An account of Garibaldi's exploits in S. America, written by Dumas from materials afforded by Garibaldi himself.
*Mémoires de Talma 1850 Written by Dumas from materials left by Talma.