For the first time in Russian! “Madame Lafargue” is the most striking novel by Alexandre Dumas! This is more than just a fascinating read, it is life itself! The beautiful poisoner stands trial. The relatives of her murdered husband are thirsty for her blood! But behind the threshold of the courtroom, something incredible is happening - a good half of Paris has gathered in the square and is demanding the release of “the most innocent of all creatures that lived on this earth”! And in all of this there is not an ounce of fiction - everything the events actually happened! The memory of Madame Lafargue is still alive in the hearts of the French. But only one person on earth knew the whole truth about this woman. It was Alexandre Dumas. It was he who became a kind of executor of the mysterious poisoner. She entrusted him with the most precious thing she had - her personal diaries! The mysterious story, which over two centuries has managed to acquire all sorts of legends and speculation, will finally be revealed! Or did Alexandre Dumas—whose novel first saw the light only 250 years later—prepared for the reader a new, even more unexpected mystery?