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Twenty years after

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"Twenty years after" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a novel serialized from January to August 1845. D'Artagnan, still a lowly lieutenant after two decades, is summoned by the despised Cardinal Mazarin during France's brewing rebellion. Tasked with reuniting the legendary musketeers, he tracks down his old friends—now scattered across vastly different lives. As political turmoil engulfs both France and England during the English Civil War, the four heroes must navigate their conflicting loyalties and set aside their differences for one last mission.

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  • France · History · Louis XIV, 1643-1715

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Second Volume of the D’Artagnan Series

LINKED INDEX OF PROJECT GUTENBERG VOLUMES:

ORDER TITLE PG EBOOK# DATES VOLUME CHAPTERS 1 The Three Musketeers 1257 1625–1628 1 2 Twenty Years After 1259 1648–1649 2 3 The Vicomte de Bragelonne 2609 1660 3 1–75 4 Ten Years Later 2681 1660–1661 3 76–140 5 Louise de la Vallière 2710 1661 3 141–208 6 The Man in the Iron Mask 2759 1661–1673 3 209–269

[Project Gutenberg eBook 1258 listed below, is of the same title as eBook 2681 and its contents overlap those of two other volumes: it includes all the chapters of eBook 2609 and the first 28 chapters of 2681]

TITLE PG EBOOK# DATES VOLUME CHAPTERS
Ten Years Later 1258 1660–1661 3 1–104

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  1. Second Volume of the D’Artagnan Series
  2. Second Volume of the D’Artagnan Series
  3. Chapter I: The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu
  4. Chapter II: A Nightly Patrol
  5. Chapter III: Dead Animosities
  6. Chapter IV: Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-six
  7. Chapter V: The Gascon and the Italian
  8. Chapter VI: D’Artagnan in his Fortieth Year
  9. Chapter VII: Touches upon the Strange Effects a Half-pistole may have
  10. Chapter VIII: D’Artagnan, Going to a Distance to discover Aramis
  11. Chapter IX: The Abbé D’Herblay
  12. Chapter X: Monsieur Porthos du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds
  13. Chapter XI: Wealth does not necessarily produce Happiness
  14. Chapter XII: Porthos was Discontented with his Condition
  15. Chapter XIII: Two Angelic Faces
  16. Chapter XIV: The Castle of Bragelonne
  17. Chapter XV: Athos as a Diplomatist
  18. Chapter XVI: The Duc de Beaufort
  19. Chapter XVII: Duc de Beaufort amused his Leisure Hours in the Donjon of Vincennes
  20. Chapter XVIII: Grimaud begins his Functions
  21. Chapter XIX: Pâtés made by the Successor of Father Marteau are described
  22. Chapter XX: One of Marie Michon’s Adventures
  23. Chapter XXI: The Abbé Scarron
  24. Chapter XXII: Saint Denis
  25. Chapter XXIII: One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort
  26. Chapter XXIV: The timely Arrival of D’Artagnan in Paris
  27. Chapter XXV: An Adventure on the High Road
  28. Chapter XXVI: The Rencontre
  29. Chapter XXVII: The four old Friends prepare to meet again
  30. Chapter XXVIII: The Place Royale
  31. Chapter XXIX: The Ferry across the Oise
  32. Chapter XXX: Skirmishing
  33. Chapter XXXI: The Monk
  34. Chapter XXXII: The Absolution
  35. Chapter XXXIII: Grimaud Speaks
  36. Chapter XXXIV: On the Eve of Battle
  37. Chapter XXXV: A Dinner in the Old Style
  38. Chapter XXXVI: A Letter from Charles the First
  39. Chapter XXXVII: Cromwell’s Letter
  40. Chapter XXXVIII: Henrietta Maria and Mazarin
  41. Chapter XXXIX: How, sometimes, the Unhappy mistake Chance for Providence
  42. Chapter XL: Uncle and Nephew
  43. Chapter XLI: Paternal Affection
  44. Chapter XLII: Another Queen in Want of Help
  45. Chapter XLIII: In which it is proved that first Impulses are oftentimes the best
  46. Chapter XLIV: Te Deum for the Victory of Lens
  47. Chapter XLV: The Beggar of St. Eustache
  48. Chapter XLVI: The Tower of St. Jacques de la Boucherie
  49. Chapter XLVII: The Riot
  50. Chapter XLVIII: The Riot becomes a Revolution
  51. Chapter XLIX: Misfortune refreshes the Memory
  52. Chapter L: The Interview
  53. Chapter LI: The Flight
  54. Chapter LII: The Carriage of Monsieur le Coadjuteur
  55. Chapter LIII: How D’Artagnan and Porthos earned by selling Straw
  56. Chapter LIV: In which we hear Tidings of Aramis
  57. Chapter LV: The Scotchman
  58. Chapter LVI: The Avenger
  59. Chapter LVII: Oliver Cromwell
  60. Chapter LVIII: Jesus Seigneur
  61. Chapter LIX: Noble Natures never lose Courage, nor good Stomachs their Appetites
  62. Chapter LX: Respect to Fallen Majesty
  63. Chapter LXI: D’Artagnan hits on a Plan
  64. Chapter LXII: London
  65. Chapter LXIII: The Trial
  66. Chapter LXIV: Whitehall
  67. Chapter LXV: The Workmen
  68. Chapter LXVI: Remember!
  69. Chapter LXVII: The Man in the Mask
  70. Chapter LXVIII: Cromwell’s House
  71. Chapter LXIX: Conversational
  72. Chapter LXX: The Skiff “Lightning.”
  73. Chapter LXXI: Port Wine
  74. Chapter LXXII: End of the Port Wine Mystery
  75. Chapter LXIII: Fatality
  76. Chapter LXIV: How Mousqueton had a Narrow Escape of being eaten
  77. Chapter LXXV: The Return
  78. Chapter LXXVI: The Ambassadors
  79. Chapter LXXVII: The three Lieutenants of the Generalissimo
  80. Chapter LXXVIII: The Battle of Charenton
  81. Chapter LXXIX: The Road to Picardy
  82. Chapter LXXX: The Gratitude of Anne of Austria
  83. Chapter LXXXI: Cardinal Mazarin as King
  84. Chapter LXXXII: Precautions
  85. Chapter LXXXIII: Strength and Sagacity
  86. Chapter LXXXIV: Strength and Sagacity — Continued
  87. Chapter LXXXV: The Oubliettes of Cardinal Mazarin
  88. Chapter LXXXVI: Conferences
  89. Chapter LXXXVII: Thinking that Porthos will be at last a Baron, and D’Artagnan a Captain
  90. Chapter LXXXVIII: Shows how with Threat and Pen more is effected than by the Sword
  91. Chapter LXXXIX: Difficult for Kings to return to the Capitals of their Kingdoms
  92. Chapter XC: Conclusion

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This free edition of Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas & Auguste Maquet comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1259, released 1998-03-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Historical Novels, Adventure, Novels, French Literature.

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