The complete online text of Murat by Alexandre Dumas, père.

Alexandre Dumas (1803-1870), the prolific French author of plays, popular romances, and historical novels, wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas is generally called Dumas père to distinguish him from his illustr...

Despite their unflagging worldwide popularity, their perennial availability, and their innumerable cinematographic adaptations, the works of Alexandre Dumas père have been largely unappreciated by critics. There has been, for some time now, a spec...

The dramatic writings of Alexandre Dumas père, long absent from publishers' booklists and often granted little more than la portion congrue (an extremely small place) in critical assessments of his literary corpus, seem today to be experiencing so...

Police ended a two-day search of the home of the only suspect in the disappearance of a 4-year-old British girl from a Portuguese hotel three months ago, news reports said Sunday.Throughout the day Sunday, more than 12 police officers using at least one dog searched...

Portuguese police and British detectives returned Saturday to search the home of the only suspect in the disappearance of a 4-year-old British girl who went missing at a resort hotel in Portugal three months ago.Using rakes and hedge cutters, police cleared vegetation from the grounds...

Forensics experts on Wednesday searched the home of a suspect in the disappearance of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, while the missing British girl's family said it had been lifted by a "tidal wave of hope" after receiving pledges of support from around the world.In Praia da...

The parents of a British girl who vanished 20 days ago during a family vacation in Portugal prayed Wednesday at the holy site in Fatima for her safe return.Gerry and Kate McCann were greeted by kisses and good wishes from other visitors to the Roman...