The 3rd and ultimate quantity of the 'd'Artagnon Romances', of which "The 3 Musketeers" and "Twenty Years After" represent the 1st and moment volumes, The Vicomte de Bragelonne was once first serialized among October 1847 to January 1850. It has in this case been released in 3, 4, and five-volume variants. Our version includes 4 volumes: "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", "Ten Years Later", "Louise de l. a. Vallière", and "The guy within the Iron Mask". This moment quantity includes chapters 76-140 of the work's 268 chapters, that span the interval from 1660 to 1667. starting with Princess Henrietta's arrival in 1660, it chronicles the drama of the jealous, lustful and scandal-hungry participants of the French court docket, the affection triangle among Louis, Louise, and Raoul, and concludes with d'Artagnon's go back to Paris. nonetheless extensively renowned at the present time, Alexandre Dumas pioneered the ancient fiction style of literature, drawing impression from real occasions and folks, in addition to characters and tales from his personal mind's eye.
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