Alexandre Dumas
42) Karl Ludwig Sand
46) Blood Royal
47) Ali Pacha
48) Murat
French writer Alexandre Dumas (pere) had a special talent for historical fiction that combines an overarching view of world events with their impacts at the level of the individual. In this true-crime account of German murderer and nationalist martyr Karl-Ludwig Sand, Dumas ratchets up the suspense and connects the dots between one student's descent into political extremism and the criminal act that garnered heated responses from an entire nation.
...53) Joseph Balsamo
Craving a top-notch true crime novel from the distant past? Curl up with this masterpiece from Alexandre Dumas, who is regarded as one of the critical favorites in the historical fiction genre. The Marquise de Brinvillier recounts the true tale of a French woman who used poison to kill several of her family members in order to inherit their riches.