Twenty Years After (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Alexandre Dumas

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781411429246
• Topic: Littérature
• Subtopic: Littérature générale

Twenty Years After (1845) resumes the adventures of Alexandre Dumas fabulous four begun in The Three Musketeers. "The inseparables"—Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and the irrepressible Gascon, dArtagnan—are once again called upon to save France from itself. This time, the paragons of honor, chivalry, and justice find themselves embroiled not only in court intrigue and royal affairs (including the Queens illicit liaison with her first minister, Cardinal Mazarin), but also popular revolution. Set during the minority of King Louis XIV, the English Revolution is about to reach its climax in the execution of Charles I and the revolt against the French crown known as the first Fronde is coming to a head. If the politics are more complex, the personalities are as well. Twenty years have wrought their changes on the impetuous young musketeers. They are older, grayer, and wiser, and each has more to lose.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction
• CHAPTER ONE - THE SHADE OF CARDINAL RICHELIEU
• CHAPTER TWO - A NIGHTLY PATROL
• CHAPTER THREE - DEAD ANIMOSITIES
• CHAPTER FOUR - ANNE OF AUSTRIA AT THE AGE OF FORTY-SIX
• CHAPTER FIVE - THE GASCON AND THE ITALIAN
• CHAPTER SIX - D’ARTAGNAN IN HIS FORTIETH YEAR
• CHAPTER SEVEN - TOUCHES UPON THE STRANGE EFFECTS A HALF-PISTOLE MAY HAVE UPON A ...
• CHAPTER EIGHT - HOW D’ARTAGNAN, ON GOING TO A DISTANCE TO DISCOVER ARAMIS, ...
• CHAPTER NINE - THE ABBÉ D’HERBLAY
• CHAPTER TEN - MONSIEUR PORTHOS DU VALLON DE BRACIEUX DE PIERREFONDS
• CHAPTER ELEVEN - HOW D’ARTAGNAN, IN DISCOVERING THE RETREAT OF PORTHOS, ...
• CHAPTER TWELVE - IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT IF PORTHOS WAS DISCONTENTED WITH HIS ...
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN - TWO ANGELIC FACES
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN - THE CASTLE OF BRAGELONNE
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN - ATHOS AS A DIPLOMATIST
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN - THE DUC DE BEAUFORT
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - DESCRIBES HOW THE DUC DE BEAUFORT AMUSED HIS LEISURE HOURS ...
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - GRIMAUD BEGINS HIS FUNCTIONS
• CHAPTER NINETEEN - IN WHICH THE CONTENTS OF THE PÂTÉS MADE BY THE SUCCESSOR OF ...
• CHAPTER TWENTY - ONE OF MARIE MICHON’S ADVENTURES
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - THE ABBÉ SCARRON
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - SAINT DENIS
• CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - ONE OF THE FORTY METHODS OF ESCAPE OF THE DUC DE BEAUFORT
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - THE TIMELY ARRIVAL OF D’ARTAGNAN IN PARIS
• CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - AN ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH ROAD
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - THE RENCONTRE
• CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - THE FOUR OLD FRIENDS PREPARE TO MEET AGAIN
• CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - THE PLACE ROYALE
• CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - THE FERRY ACROSS THE OISE
• CHAPTER THIRTY - SKIRMISHING
• CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - THE MONK
• CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - THE ABSOLUTION
• CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - GRIMAUD SPEAKS
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - ON THE EVE OF BATTLE
• CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE - A DINNER IN THE OLD STYLE
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX - A LETTER FROM CHARLES THE FIRST
• CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN - CROMWELL’S LETTER
• CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - HENRIETTA MARIA AND MAZARIN
• CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE - HOW, SOMETIMES, THE UNHAPPY MISTAKE CHANCE FOR PROVIDENCE
• CHAPTER FORTY - UNCLE AND NEPHEW
• CHAPTER FORTY-ONE - PATERNAL AFFECTION
• CHAPTER FORTY-TWO - ANOTHER QUEEN IN WANT OF HELP
• CHAPTER FORTY-THREE - IN WHICH IT IS PROVED THAT FIRST IMPULSES ARE OFTENTIMES ...
• CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR - TE DEUM FOR THE VICTORY OF LENS
• CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE - THE BEGGAR OF ST. EUSTACHE
• CHAPTER FORTY-SIX - THE TOWER OF ST. JACQUES DE LA BOUCHERIE
• CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN - THE RIOT
• CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT - THE RIOT BECOMES A REVOLUTION
• CHAPTER FORTY-NINE - MISFORTUNE REFRESHES THE MEMORY
• CHAPTER FIFTY - THE INTERVIEW
• CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE - THE FLIGHT
• CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO - THE CARRIAGE OF MONSIEUR LE COADJUTEUR
• CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE - HOW D’ARTAGNAN AND PORTHOS EARNED BY SELLING STRAW, THE ...
• CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR - IN WHICH WE HEAR TIDINGS OF ARAMIS
• CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE - THE SCOTCHMAN
• CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX - THE AVENGER
• CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN - OLIVER CROMWELL
• CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT - JÉSUS SEIGNEUR
• CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE - IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT UNDER THE MOST TRYING ...
• CHAPTER SIXTY - RESPECT TO FALLEN MAJESTY
• CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE - D’ARTAGNAN HITS ON A PLAN
• CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO - LONDON
• CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE - THE TRIAL
• CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR - WHITEHALL
• CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE - THE WORKMEN
• CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX - REMEMBER!
• CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN - THE MAN IN THE MASK
• CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT - CROMWELL’S HOUSE
• CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE - CONVERSATIONAL
• CHAPTER SEVENTY - THE SKIFF “LIGHTNING”
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE - PORT WINE
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO - END OF THE PORT WINE MYSTERY
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE - FATALITY
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR - HOW MUSQUETON, AFTER BEING VERY NEARLY ROASTED, HAD A ...
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE - THE RETURN
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX - THE AMBASSADORS
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN - THE THREE LIEUTENANTS OF THE GENERALISSIMO
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT - THE BATTLE OF CHARENTON
• CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE - THE ROAD TO PICARDY
• CHAPTER EIGHTY - THE GRATITUDE OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE - CARDINAL MAZARIN AS KING
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO - PRECAUTIONS
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE - STRENGTH AND SAGACITY
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR - STRENGTH AND SAGACITY—CONTINUED
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE - THE OUBLIETTES OF CARDINAL MAZARIN
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX - CONFERENCES
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN - IN WHICH WE BEGIN TO THINK THAT PORTHOS WILL BE AT LAST ...
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT - SHOWS HOW WITH THREAT AND PEN MORE IS EFFECTED THAN BY ...
• CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE - IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT IT IS SOMETIMES MORE DIFFICULT ...
• CHAPTER NINETY - CONCLUSION
• ENDNOTES
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