Dangerous Liaisons
$60.89
- Hardcover
408 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2026
Summary
A beautiful hardcover edition of one of the most notorious and entertaining novels of all time, a tale of feuding ex-lovers set among the decadent aristocrats of pre-Revolutionary France.
The Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont are jaded, predatory libertines—formerly lovers and now rivals—who amuse themselves with games of seduction and revenge using innocent human beings as their pawns. When a playful wager between them goes awry and Valmont finds himself unexpectedly fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798217008940 |
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| Author: | Richard Aldington, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 124mm x 203mm |
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Richard Aldington
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos was born in Amiens, France, in 1741. He spent most of his career as an army officer in garrison towns, enjoying provincial society and writing light verse. He reached the rank of capitaine-commandant without ever seeing battle. In 1779, he was sent to the island of Aix, where he wrote Les Liaisons Dangereuses, publishing it in 1782. He left the army to enter politics in 1788, just before the French Revolution. He was imprisoned twice during the Reign of Terror and returned to the army as a general under Napoleon in 1800. He died in Italy in 1803.
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