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From peasant to gentleman to prisoner-one man's ambition becomes his undoing.

Gabriel Lambert, the son of a humble Norman schoolmaster, refuses to accept the poverty into which he was born. Armed with a single talent-the ability to forge handwriting and illustrations with perfect precision-he transforms himself into a sophisticated man of Parisian society, winning hearts and climbing social ladders that should have remained forever out of reach.

But every forged signature leads to another. Every deception demands a higher price. When Gabriel's counterfeiting schemes catch the attention of the legendary Eugène-François Vidocq, head of the Paris Sûreté, his carefully constructed world collapses. Sentenced to death, then condemned to life in the brutal galleys of Toulon, Gabriel must face the ultimate cost of his ambitions.

Told through six different narrators, each bearing witness against him, Alexandre Dumas crafts an unflinching portrait of an anti-hero-a dark mirror to the noble adventurers who populate his other works. Written during the same period as The Three Musketeers, this forgotten masterpiece explores the corruption of the soul and the terrible price of refusing one's place in the world.

How far would you go to escape who you are?

Parametry knihy

• Plný název: Gabriel Lambert
• Podnázev: A New Translation
• Autor: Alexander Dumas, Serge Laclos
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 192
• EAN: 9798272759566
• ID: 50590119
• Nakladatelství: Independently published
• Hmotnost: 266 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 11 mm
• Datum vydání: 03. November 2025

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