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Description edit
The Vicomte de Bragelonne opens an epic adventure which continues with Louise de La Valliere and reaches its climax in The Man in the Iron Mask. This new edition of the classic translation presents a key episode in the Musketeers saga, fully annotated and with an introduction by a leading... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Raoul: The Vicomte de Bragelonne, son of the Comte de la Fere, otherwise known as Athos
- Athos: On of the original Three Musketeers. Father of Raoul, and actually, the Comte de la Fere
- Louise de la Vallière: Raoul's love interest. Also the love interest of King Louis XIV.
- M. D'artagnan: Add a description of this character.
- Charles Ii
- M. Colbert
- Buckingham
- Porthos
- M. Malicorne
- Mazarin
- Manicamp
- M. Fouquet
- Anne
- Parry
- Madame De Saint-remy
- Gourville
- Montalais
- Lambert
- De Guiche
- Cromwell
- Pellisson
- Gaston
- Richelieu
- M. De Bragelonne
- Henrietta
- M. Monk
- Grimaud
- Bazin
- Louis XIV
- Chevalier De Lorraine
- Mousqueton
- Bernouin
- Philip
- M. Le Prince
- Monsieur Colbert
- Mademoiselle De La Val
- Holland
- Guenaud
Setting & Locations edit
- France
- England
- Paris
- Blois
- Austria
- London
- Spain
- Scotland
- Brittany
- Belle-isle
- Rochester
- Calais
- Vincennes
- Europe
- Theatin
- Ireland
- Piriac
- Great Britain
- Place De Greve
- Boulogne
- Whitehall
- Dover
- Pittrino
- Newcastle
- Melun
- Scheveningen
- Worcester
- Pierrefonds
- Beaufort
- Spithead
- Brussels
- Saint-mande
- Sarzeau
- Chambord
- Normandy
- Guerande
- Boileau
- Anjou
- Portsmouth
- Paimbceuf
- Poitiers
First Sentence edit
Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660 , at nine o'clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to express, in the purest French then spoken in France: "There is Monsieur returning from hunting."
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 5 in D'Artagnan Romances. (standard series)
Preceded by Twenty Years After, and followed by Louise de la Vallière.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alexandre Dumas, père (Author)
Other Contributors:
- David Coward (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: French
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: France
Publication Date: January 1854
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 1300
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: France
Publication Date: January 1854
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 1300
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PQ2229 .V413
- Dewey: 843.7
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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