D'Artagnan Romances: Book 3
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“It's the longest of the trilogy by far (it's around 250 chapters), and though not as action paced or as entertaining as the rest of the D'Artagnan romances (the 3 musketeers, 20 years after), is a very compelling book.
52X Max wrote this review Wednesday, March 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
One thing I didn't particularly enjoyed is that it focuses too much on the political side of the story, since the premise of the whole saga is that it's supposed to portrait real life events as they really occured, with the fictional musketeers (although they're also based on real people, but pretty loosely) being an essential part of this events that historians forgot to mention.
This final chapter takes place 10 years after the last book, thus, placing our characters 30 years after their first adventures, and follows first 7 years of Louis XIV (the Sun King) as ruler of France, right after the death of his minister Mazarin and the events in Europe during that time. So, if you are a buff for history, you will find the intrigues, sexual affairs, complots and scandals in the court all very interesting, since the book describes very accurately many real life characters, including the royal figures themselves.
But if you are more like me and prefer those swashbuckling stories that Dumas was so good at, yes, there's a little of that too, but very little, and it's all mostly at the beginning and through the end of the story; and even though the author's wit and humor makes for a swift reading, most of the times you'll find that almost 2000 pages is not what you had in mind for an adventure book which doesn't have so much adventure on it.
Read it only if you must know how it all ends for Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan, and if it's possible, try to put your hands on an abreviated version. If you read it in parts (The Vicomte, Ten Years After, La Valiére and Iron Mask), skip most of the second and third part and go straight to the action in volumes I and IV.
All in all, it's a good ending for the D'Artagnan romances, but it sure as hell could've been a little shorter.”“Bravery and honor in the person of a young teenager , just like me.”
bianca b wrote this review Monday, August 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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