Askanio: Roman. Dumas A.

Askanio - the historical novel of the classic of French literature Alexander Dumas - talks about the history of two lovers, separated at first glance by an insurmountable wall of society. He is an unknown artist, a student of the famous sculptor Benvenutto Chellinini, she is a girl from a noble family, whose father dreams of titles and will never agree on an unequal marriage. Who will help the poor young man and a noble girl find happiness and love? The novel transfers the reader in the era of the late Renaissance, at that time of Benvenutto Cellini, when he was in the service of the French king Francis I.