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Twenty Years After

By: Alexandre Dumas
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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Summary

Originally published in 1845 as a sequel to The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.

Two decades have passed since the three musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England, Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.

(P)1997 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Classics European Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literary History & Criticism World Literature Fiction War
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Critic Reviews

“Good fun!”

(Sunday Telegraph (London))

“Dumas never stints the action, witty dialogue, and surprising plot developments. As gradually grows clear, his overriding theme is loyalty—to friends, family and party but, above all, to living by a principled code of honor in a debased and chaotic world. If you only know The Three Musketeers, you owe yourself the pleasure of spending some happy evenings with Twenty Years After. Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D’Artagnan may be older and their hair starting to gray, but they’ve lost none of their romance and grandeur.”

(Washington Post)
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Dumas' portraits of the wiley and profligate D'Artagnan and the avaricious and crafty Mazarin are such a delight. The 3 Musketeers themselves are the harmony, the sophisticated Aramis a fascinating and hilarious contrast to both the open nobility of Athos and the grandiloquent buffoonery of Porthos.

Dumas is a genius and you must get this book and this version.
To the reviewers who dislike Davidson - you are barbarians.

Dumas' characters are excellent

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and i thought the three musketeers was exciting. this story, which includes stories inside stories, is full of action and dialogue. and the performance is great. i am ready to start it all over again

excitement plus

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