"New" Dumas novel

A newly discovered novel by Three Musketeers author Alexandre Dumas has gone on sale in France.

Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine was found in the National Library by Dumas expert Claude Schopp. The now-completed work, which gives an account of the Battle of Trafalgar, has been described as "indescribably brilliant" by scholars.

The work was first serialised in a French newspaper, but was not finished by Dumas when he died in 1870. Mr Schopp added a new section to the novel, which acts as a conclusion to the 1,000 page book.

Posted by David on June 6, 2005 8:02 PM