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Auguste Maquet
1813–1888
Best remembered as Alexandre Dumas’s closest collaborator, this French writer helped shape some of the 19th century’s most famous adventure novels. His own story is full of literary teamwork, ambition, and a long-running debate over credit.
63 Audiobooks
The three musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Les quarante-cinq — Tome 3
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The conspirators; or, The chevalier d'Harmental
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The regent's daughter
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The black tulip
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome II
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The Vicomte de Bragelonne
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La reine Margot - Tome I
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome I
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The queen's necklace
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Louise de la Vallière
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Twenty years after
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La dame de Monsoreau — Tome 1.
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La dame de Monsoreau — Tome 2.
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le Collier de la Reine, Tome I
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome IV
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le vicomte de Bragelonne, Tome IV.
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Les quarante-cinq — Tome 2
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome III
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La Tulipe Noire
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Monte-Criston kreivi
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le vicomte de Bragelonne, Tome I.
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le chevalier d'Harmental
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Les trois mousquetaires, Volume 1 (of 2)
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The Vicomte de Bragelonne; Or, Ten Years Later Being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" and "Twenty Years After"
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La reine Margot - Tome II
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La dame de Monsoreau — Tome 3.
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La belle Gabrielle — Tome 2
by Auguste Maquet
Il Conte di Monte-Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Kuningattaren kaulanauha: Historiallinen romaani Ludvig XVI:n hovista
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Chicot the Jester
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
The forty-five guardsmen
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Les quarante-cinq — Tome 1
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La tulipe noire
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Les trois mousquetaires
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Les trois mousquetaires, Volume 2 (of 2)
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Marguerite de Valois
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Josef Balsamo: Historiallinen romaani Ludvig XV:n hovista
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Bragelonnen varakreivi eli Muskettisoturien viimeiset urotyöt II (2) Historiallinen romaani Ludvig XIV:n hovista
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Ritari d'Harmental: Historiallinen romaani holhoushallituksen ajoilta
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Ange Pitou
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Balsamo, the magician; or, the memoirs of a physician
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Kolme muskettisoturia: Historiallinen romaani
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Monsoreaun kreivitär II: Historiallinen romaani
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Venti anni dopo
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le vicomte de Bragelonne, Tome III.
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Il tulipano nero
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Myladyn poika: Historiallinen romaani
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Rouva de la Motte
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Vingt ans après
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le vicomte de Bragelonne, Tome II.
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Musta tulpaani: Romaani
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Le Collier de la Reine, Tome II
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La belle Gabrielle — Tome 1
by Auguste Maquet
Bragelonnen varakreivi eli Muskettisoturien viimeiset urotyöt I Historiallinen romaani Ludvig XIV:n hovista
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
La belle Gabrielle — Tome 3
by Auguste Maquet
Monsoreaun kreivitär I: Historiallinen romaani
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Bastiljin valloitus
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Maison-Rougen ritari
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
Hirmuhallitus
by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
About the author
Born in Paris in 1813, Auguste Maquet was a French novelist and playwright who moved in the city’s lively Romantic literary circles. He is now most often remembered for his partnership with Alexandre Dumas, a collaboration that helped produce major works including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
Maquet’s role reportedly went far beyond simple assistance: he was known for supplying historical research, plot structures, and draft material that Dumas then reworked in his own distinctive style. Their partnership was hugely successful, but it also led to a lasting dispute over authorship and recognition, making Maquet an important figure in conversations about how famous books are really made.
Although his name is often overshadowed by Dumas’s, Maquet had a substantial literary career of his own and remained active as a writer for decades. He died in 1888, but his place in literary history endures through the novels he helped bring into being and the questions his career still raises about collaboration, creativity, and credit.