Between two kings : or ten years later : book five of the Musketeers cycle : being the first part of Le vicomte de Bragelonne / edited and translated by Lawrence Ellsworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870, author.

Contributor:

Ellsworth, Lawrence, editor, translator.

Series:

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870. http://viaf.org/viaf/6020151965422700470002 Musketeers cycle ; bk. 5.

Book five of the Musketeers cycle

Standardized Title:

Vicomte de Bragelonne. Selections

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715--Fiction.

France.

Swordsmen--France--Fiction.

Swordsmen.

Genre:

Action and adventure fiction

Fiction

Historical fiction

History

Historical fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Physical Description:

xii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus books cloth edition.

Other Title:

Between two kings : a sequel to the Three Musketeers

Between 2 kings

Ten years later

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.

Summary:

"For years d'Artagnan shared his adventures with his three comrades--Athos, Porthos, and Aramis--but now, in Between Two Kings, the First Musketeer returns to the forefront. This is truly d'Artagnan's novel, bringing to a dramatic climax the story that began when he first arrived in Paris thirty years earlier in The Three Musketeers."--Provided by publisher

This brand-new translation of Between Two Kings immediately picks up the story and themes of Blood Royal, where d'Artagnan tries to thwart destiny by saving England's Charles I; now, he will be instrumental in the restoration of his son, Charles II, the first of the two kings of the title. Disappointed in the irresolution of young Louis XIV, d'Artagnan takes a leave of absence from the King's Musketeers and ventures to England with a bold plan to hoist Charles II onto his throne, a swashbuckling escapade in which he is unwittingly assisted by his old comrade Athos. D'Artagnan returns triumphant to France, where he is recalled to service by the second king, Louis XIV, who is now finally ready to take full advantage of the extraordinary talents of his officer of musketeers.--Goodreads.

This newly translated volume by Lawrence Ellsworth is the first volume of Alexandre Dumas's mega-novel Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, the epic finale to the Musketeers Cycle, which will end with the justly-famous The Man in the Iron Mask. This marks the first significant new English translation of this series of novels in over a century.--Goodreads.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. The Letter

II. The Messenger

III. The Interview

IV. Father and Son

V. Which Speaks of Cropoli and Cropole and of a Great Unknown Painter

VI. The Stranger

VII. Parry

VIII. His Majesty Louis XIV at the Age of Twenty-Two

IX. In Which the Stranger from the Inn of The Medicis Drops His Incognito

X. The Arithmetic of Monsieur de Mazarin

XI. The Politics of Monsieur de Mazarin

XII. The King and the Lieutenant

XIII. Marie de Mancini

XIV. In Which the King and the Lieutenant Exchange Proofs of Memory

XV. The Exile

XVI."Remember!"

XVII. In Which Aramis Is Sought but Only Bazin Is Found

XVIII. In Which d'Artagnan Seeks Porthos but Finds Only Mousqueton

XIX. In Which d'Artagnan Brings His Business to Paris

XX. Of the Company Formed in the Rue des Lombards under the Sign of the Golden Pestle to Execute d'Artagnan's Plan

XXI. In Which d'Artagnan Prepares to Travel on the Behalf of Planchet and Co.

XXII. D'Artagnan Travels for the House of Planchet and Co.

XXIII. In Which the Author Is Forced, Despite Himself, to Recount a Little History

XXIV. The Treasure

XXV. The Marsh

XXVI. Heart and Mind

XXVII. The Next Day

XXVIII. Contraband Merchandise

XXIX. In Which d'Artagnan Begins to Fear the Investment of Planchet and Co. Might Be Lost

XXX. The Stock of Planchet and Co. Rebounds

XXXI. Monck Reveals Himself

XXXII. How Athos and d'Artagnan Met Once More at the Hartshorn Inn

XXXIII. The Audience

XXXIV. The Embarrassment of Riches

XXXV. On the Canal

XXXVI. How d'Artagnan Drew, as if by Fairy Magic, a Country Estate from a Wooden Box

XXXVII. How d'Artagnan Settled the Company's Liabilities before Reckoning Its Assets

XXXVIII. In Which We See that the French Grocer Was Already Well Established in the 17th Century

XXXIX. Monsieur de Mazarin at His Games

XL. An Affair of State

XLI. The Report

XLII. In Which Monsieur de Mazarin Becomes Extravagant

XLIII. Guenaud

XLIV. Colbert

XLV. Confession of a Man of Means

XLVI. The Bequest

XLVII. How Anne of Austria Gave Louis XIV One Sort of Advice and Monsieur Fouquet Gave Him Another

XLVIII. Agonies

XLIX. Enter Colbert

L. The First Day of the Reign of Louis XIV.

ISBN:

9781643137506

1643137506

OCLC:

1202305941