Twenty years after
Readers rate it 3.8 (71 on Hardcover)
882 pages · Released 1998 · Oxford University Press
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This classic sequel features extensive swordplay and dueling—the hallmark of Dumas's adventure fiction—but violence is rarely graphically described and serves the plot rather than gratuitousness. The story emphasizes loyalty, courage, and redemption as aging heroes confront political upheaval and personal challenges. Dumas's prose occasionally includes period-typical references to courtship and bodily humor, but nothing explicit. The novel rewards moral complexity and perseverance, making it suitable for mature teens with interest in historical fiction.
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Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, and in England, Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold... Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, and in England, Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. The quartet of musketeers come out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is the titanic struggle with the son of Milady who wears the face of evil.
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- Ficción
- Fiction
- France
- Histoire
- Historia
- History
- Roman
- Romans
- Swordsmen
- France, fiction
- Three musketeers (fictitious characters), fiction
- Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
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ISBN 9780192838438 · Oxford University Press