In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's celebrated cycle of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Unbeknownst to D'Artagnan, Aramis and Porthos plot to remove the inept king and place the king's twin brother on the throne of France. Meanwhile, a twenty-three-year-old prisoner known only as "Philippe" wastes away deep inside the Bastille. Forced to wear an iron mask, Phillippe has been imprisoned for eight years, has no knowledge of his true identity, and has not...

Deux aventuriers americains, Middleton Payne et Edouard Laury-Grey, partent a la recherche d'un groupe d'Azteque et d'Incas qui seraient etablis dans une vallee perdue au nord du Bresil. Ce peuple civilise a l'organisation sociale elaboree les accueille d'abord avec mefiance puis des liens de sympathie se creent... Ce roman transporte le lecteur en plein c ur du Bresil, a la recherche d'une antique civilisation disparue."

The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, pere. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis -- inseparable friends who live by the motto, "One for all, and all for one." The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siecle between March and July 1844. Dumas claimed it was based on manuscripts he had discovered in the Bibliotheque Nationale. It was later proven that...

First serialized from January to August, 1845, Twenty Years After is the second book in The D'Artagnan Romances, and follows the gallant adventures of the musketeers, as they are once again summoned to alleviate the various threats that lurk in the political scene of France, as the country is threatened by a possible uprising. Enriched with exciting and well-developed characters, the novel adds more detail to its familiar characters, as the musketeers have matured and are portrayed in a more introspective light. Set twenty years after the conclusion of its predecessor, Twenty Years After...

Twenty Years After is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of the D'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot Man in the Iron Mask). The novel follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I. Through the words of the main characters, particularly Athos, Dumas comes out on the side of the monarchy...

Si ce titre evoque pour vous un roman de cape et d'epee, detrompez-vous. Mais ne vous detournez pas Ce cher Alexandre Dumas saura vous attacher a l'histoire de la tulipe noire et de tous ceux qui s'y interressent."

The Man in the Iron Mask is the name given to an unidentified prisoner who was arrested under the name "Eustache Dauger" in 1669 or 1670 and subsequently held in a number of French prisons, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol (modern Pinerolo, Italy). He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Benigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November 1703 under the name "Marchioly," during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643-1715). Since no one ever saw his face because it was hidden by a mask of black velvet cloth, the true identity of the...

Le roman raconte les aventures d'un Gascon desargente de 18 ans, d'Artagnan, monte a Paris faire carriere. Il se lie d'amitie avec Athos, Porthos et Aramis, mousquetaires du roi Louis XIII. Ces quatre hommes vont s'opposer au premier ministre, le Cardinal de Richelieu et a ses agents, dont la belle et mysterieuse Milady de Winter, pour sauver l'honneur de la reine de France Anne d'Autriche. Avec ses nombreux combats et ses rebondissements romanesques, Les Trois mousquetaires est l'exemple type du roman de cape et d'epee."