Set in France during the Ancien Régime, Dangerous Liasons is an extraordinary tale of intrigue and moral depravity where our rival protagonists use seduction as a weapon.
The
Marquise de Mertheuil and the Vicomte de Valmont scheme and plot; one
obsessed by her own vanity, the other by his lust for a virtuous,
married woman. In the pursuit of their own entertainment, de Mertheuil
and de Valmont play a dangerous game of seduction, attempting to
manipulate the objects of their desire for their own gain.
Deemed
in later years to be something of a political novel that showed the
aristocracy for what it really was, this is also a powerful
psychological drama showing that those who live by the sword, often die
by it.
This edition is presented with a striking contemporary cover-design, bringing this timeless classic to modern readers.
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