As d’Artagnan will find, these are problems that can’t be solved with a sword thrust. In Twenty Years After, the musketeers confront maturity and face its greatest challenge: sometimes, you fail.
The story was first serialised from March to July 1844, during the July Monarchy, four years before the French Revolution of 1848 violently established the Second Republic.
D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramisinseparable friends who live by the motto, "One for all, and all for one".The story of d'Artagnan is continued in Twenty Years After and ...
The novel is renowned for its intricate plot, rich character development, and themes of justice, revenge, and redemption. It explores the moral consequences of seeking revenge and the complexities of human nature.
A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot Man in the Iron Mask).The novel follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood ...
Dumas transforms minor historical figures into larger- than-life characters: the Comte d’Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the beguilingly evil seductress “Milady”; the powerful and devious Cardinal Richelieu; the ...
A novel ofenormous tension and excitement, Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge, with Dantes, believing himself to be an 'Angel of Providence', pursuing his vengeance to the bitter end before realizing that he himself is a ...