The Companions of Jehu

23 hrs. 25 min.

Language Russian

Author Alexandre Dumas

Narrator Vyacheslav Gerasimov

Description

“The Companions of Jehu” belongs to those novels by A. Dumas in which the events of the Great French Revolution of the late eighteenth century are both depicted and understood. In terms of content, it is essentially a continuation of the novel “The Whites and the Blues” (although it was written earlier). The romantic intrigue of “The Companions” unfolds against the backdrop of the struggle of the royalist underground (in Russian historical literature, the “Companions of Jehu” are also called the “Host of Iyiu”—Воинством Ииуя) against the Republic during the establishment in the country of the regime of personal power of Napoleon Bonaparte.

“The Companions of Jehu” is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas the father, first published in 1857. It is the second part of a trilogy that also includes “The Whites and the Blues” (published later—in 1867) and “Chevalier de Sainte-Ermin” (1869).

The action takes place against the backdrop of the history of the royalists’ conspiracy against the Republic during the establishment in France of Napoleon Bonaparte’s dictatorship regime. Armed royalist detachments, so merciless toward the republicans, led the French to nickname them the “Host of Iyiu”—the army of the bloody Israeli king Jehu. Hence the title of the novel.