The Regent's Daughter (Escutcheon Series)

New York: H.M. Caldwell Company, 1900. Rare publisher; early printing. No date; circa 1900. Dk red tweed cloth boards, ornate gilt cover shield w/sword and spine titles, moderate wear, rub. Pages very good. Frontispiece engraving of Dumas w/tissue guard intact. Gilded top edge. Bind strong. Several illustration plates throughout. Red satin ribbon. A romance from the series by Dumas. The Regent's Daughter is a sequel to The Conspirators. Philippe d'Orléans, regent of France, although having a hard time with his two daughters and a son, wants to take care of another young girl, his illegitimate and hidden daughter, Helene de Chaverny, raised in a convent as an orphan. Helene, who ignores his parentage, is in love with Chevalier Gaston de Chanley, a conspirator involved in a plot against the regent. Young lovers, eager to get married, head towards the Paris unaware of the dramatic tangle that is played around them. Alexandre Dumas was famous throughout the world for his historical novels of heroism and adventure, including The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. His father, a General, died when Alexandre was four, and his mother raised him on stories of his father's exploits. Like many authors of his day, he began writing plays and journalism, later moving on to serialized fiction and crime stories. 319 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.