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“A fantastic ramble through ancient Rome.”

The Memoirs of Horace (1860) is the third edition in the Classical Dumas Series, and the first English translation of another neglected work, despite it having been highly admired by the painter Delacroix. Alexandre Dumas, père makes us imagine that he has found a long-lost manuscript in the Vatican Library, the autobiography of the Roman poet, in which way he can assume the mask of Horace and bring to life the characters and events of the first century BC: Sulla, Marius, Pompey, Julius Caesar, Catiline, Cicero, Crassus, Octavian, and Agrippa; the crossing of the Rubicon, Pharsalus, Actium, and the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra. Drawing again from a wide range of source material, the great storyteller also introduces us to daily life in Rome, the food and wine, the literature and philosophy, and the games, all in vivid detail. Through The Memoirs of Horace, we are once again able to come to a much deeper appreciation of the great French author.

This might be interesting. Well, it’s on TF1, but if Audrey Fleurot and Thierry Godard are in it, it has a chance! This is a reinterpretation of ‘Le Comte’, though there was a book of the same title, often included in Dumas’s list of works, though it is unlikely to have actually been by him:

https://www.pastichesdumas.com/php/fiche.php?id=25

Les « Mémoires d’Horace » traduits en anglais

https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/classicalstudies/?author=12

‘The Memoirs of Horace: A Tale of Rome’, the third edition in the ‘Classical Dumas Series’. Vive Dumas!

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“A fantastic ramble through ancient Rome.”

The Memoirs of Horace (1860) is the third edition in the Classical Dumas Series, and the first English translation of another neglected work, despite it having been highly admired by the painter Delacroix. Alexandre Dumas, père makes us imagine that he has found a long-lost manuscript in the Vatican Library, the autobiography of the Roman poet, in which way he can assume the mask of the poet and bring to life the characters and events of the first century BC: Sulla, Marius, Pompey, Julius Caesar, Catiline, Cicero, Crassus, Octavian, and Agrippa; the crossing of the Rubicon, Pharsalus, Actium, and the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra. Drawing again from a wide range of source material, the great storyteller also introduces us to daily life in Rome, the food and wine, the literature and philosophy, and the games, all in vivid detail. Through The Memoirs of Horace, we are once again able to come to a much deeper appreciation of the great French author.

Je viens de recevoir un exemplaire de « L’Album Alexandre Dumas » (Gallimard, Pléiade), ouvrage de Julie Anselmini, éminente spécialiste d’Alexandre Dumas. C’est vraiment une très belle édition, riche en images du grand homme, et on y trouve même une petite mention d’« Isaac Laquedem » aussi ! Toutes mes félicitations !

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/skeleton-three-musketeers-dartagnan-alexandre-dumas

A wonderful afternoon was had at the Librairie Masséna – Around the World amongst colleagues, students, friends, family, and fellow and budding Dumasians, followed by a little celebratory bite and slurp at the local Georgian restaurant, Pain et Pinot. Vive Dumas!

Librairie Masséna Around The World Bookshop, Nice, Saturday 21 March, 17h-19h.

Please join me on Saturday 21 March from 17h to 19h at the Masséna Around the World Bookshop in Nice for the next edition in the ‘Classical Dumas Series’: ‘Acte: A Tale of Greece and Rome’.

“We are very lucky to be hosting Dr Paul T. M. Jackson at the bookshop for a second time on Saturday March 21st between 5pm and 7pm to discuss his latest work, a translation of Acte (1838), the first of many historical romances penned by Alexandre Dumas, père. The story opens in 57 AD in the ancient Greek city of Corinth, where the beautiful young maiden Acte meets a mysterious stranger by the name of Lucius, who has sailed from Rome to compete in the upcoming Nemean Games. She welcomes him into her home, where it soon becomes apparent that all is not as it seems…

Dr Paul T. M. Jackson is a translator, writer, and poet living in Provence. A graduate with master’s degrees in classics and teaching and learning, he holds a PhD in ancient philosophy, supervised by professors Sophie Grace Chappell and Naoko Yamagata, and which he passed with no corrections under examination by Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge) Tim Whitmarsh.”

Librairie Masséna – Around the World

https://classicsforall.org.uk/reading-room/ad-familiares/homer-musketeers

Parution de quatorze pièces de théâtre inédites de Dumas!

I’m delighted to be speaking about Alexandre Dumas’s classical reception again at this year’s CA conference in April at the University of Manchester–as well as, hopefully, a chance to meet Professor Michael Wood (as well as one of my former supervisors!)

Following on from the promotion of ‘Isaac Laquedem: A Tale of the Wandering Jew’, the Kindle version of ‘Acte: A Tale of Greece and Rome’ will be enjoying a promotional discount during the first week of February in the Amazon.com marketplace, link below. Do take advantage!

As a special treat going into the new year, the Kindle version of ‘Isaac Laquedem: A Tale of the Wandering Jew’, will be enjoying a promotional discount throughout the month of January in the Amazon.com marketplace, link below. From January 4, a volume will be on offer each week, so do take advantage!

https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/i18180133/discours-de-jacques-chirac-hommage-a-alexandre-dumas

https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/programmes/7238441-alexandre-dumas-des-heros-et-des-femmes.html

At the Palais Nikaia on September 25, 2026, from 20h

« Isaac Laquedem » traduit en anglais pour la première fois