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Blurb
Two decades have passed since the famous swordsmen triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady in The Three Musketeers. 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, 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 the titanic struggle with the son of Milady who wears the face of evil.
My thought
This book starts twenty years after 'The Three Musketeers'. D'Artagnan is still a Captain, Porthos is a rich widow with 3 estates, Athos has reclaimed his title and taken in a young ward named Raoul and Aramis is a abbe. The king is very young and the country is being ruled by his mother and Cardinal Mazaran. Mazaran is hated by the people for his miserly ways and influence over the queen.
The Cardinal contacts D'Artagnan asking him for allegiance with the promise of a promotion. He also wants D'Artagnan to recruit his friends. Porthos is agreeable for a title, he wants to be a Baron.
Athos and Aramis are part of the Fronde movement so decline. It's the first time they have been at odds.
Milady rears her ugly head from the grave with the entrance of her son, Mordaunt.
Mordaunt is working for Cromwell against King Charles I. He has discovered that his mother was murdered and knows De Winter was involved. When De Winter teams up with Athos and Aramis they head to England to guard King Charles. Due to strange circumstance D'Artagnan and Porthos also end up in England and when the King is captured they reunite.
I will stop here so you can explore the book without influence. This sequel is as entertaining as The Three Musketeers and as easy to read.
The Cardinal contacts D'Artagnan asking him for allegiance with the promise of a promotion. He also wants D'Artagnan to recruit his friends. Porthos is agreeable for a title, he wants to be a Baron.
Athos and Aramis are part of the Fronde movement so decline. It's the first time they have been at odds.
Milady rears her ugly head from the grave with the entrance of her son, Mordaunt.
Mordaunt is working for Cromwell against King Charles I. He has discovered that his mother was murdered and knows De Winter was involved. When De Winter teams up with Athos and Aramis they head to England to guard King Charles. Due to strange circumstance D'Artagnan and Porthos also end up in England and when the King is captured they reunite.
I will stop here so you can explore the book without influence. This sequel is as entertaining as The Three Musketeers and as easy to read.
I liked this book just as much as the first one. I still loved all of the characters, both old and new. I also liked this book because I had learned about this time period in history, so it was interesting to read a fictional account of it. I would recommend this book to anyone who liked the first one.
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