Alexandre Dumas 
Corsican Brothers 

Alexandre Dumas (pere) is regarded as one of the masters of historical fiction, as evidenced by the abiding popularity of works like The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. The novel The Corsican Brothers packs plenty of action and adventure into an unusual tale about a pair of brothers who, conjoined at birth and separated soon afterwards, are able to perceive each other’s physical pain.