Alexandre Dumas

Marquise De Ganges Alexandre Dumas

Before finishing among the eighteen cases of Crimes famous by Alexandre Dumas father, the murder of the Marquise de Ganges had already attracted the Marquis de Sade. Probably because of the cruelty with which he ate the lot, which was announced by a seer, the beautiful and pure Marie Rossan. So famous for its white beauty to be remembered by kings and queens, had been married for the second of the Ganges Marquis, profligate, greedy man; and it is in the gloomy frame of the family castle, between Avignon and Montpellier, which put into effect the conspiracy by the brothers of her husband. Dumas reported the fact to be experienced crime reporter, adept at accentuating the most sensational aspects and to rise in the twists terror victim.