The Prussian Terror

The Prussian Terror was one of Dumas' last novels and paints a picture of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The novel opens in Berlin with a patriotic Benedict Turpin facing a Prussian contingent stationed in Frankfurt, a friendship what developes with Count Frederic von Bulow, a favorite of the Kaiser, the women they grow to love and war that tears at them all. Alexandre Dumas was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages. His historical novels include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Corsican Brothers, and The Man in the Iron Mask.