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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date
June 1, 2015
Pages
738
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781514156391
ISBN-10
1514156393
Dimensions
1.67 by 5 by 8 in.
Original list price
$27.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: I loved The Three Musketeers. While the pace of a serialized novel is very different than a traditional novelâthink of it more like a television series than anything elseâI love the swashbuckling, friendship, and bitter sweetness that characterizes that novel. Luckily, it has sequels. The most famous is The Man in the Iron Mask, which is actually just part of the third installment in The DâArtagnan Romances, but the true sequel is Twenty Years After. And I have to read series in order, which brings us to this novel. Twenty Years After picks up, well, twenty years after the events of The Three Musketeers. The four friends have gone their separate ways, but their chosen paths havenât worked out the way they thoughtâDâArtagnan is still just a lieutenant in the musketeers, Porthosâ fantastic estate is a little sour without the actual aristocracy, Aramis finds he wants exactly what he used to have now that heâs an abbe, and only Athos is actually satisfied with his lot, which includes his adopted son, Raoul. But when revolt and civil war threaten Paris, the Queen and Cardinal Mazarin (Richelieuâs successor) summon the four once more in action, but the four musketeers, now politically divided, find themselves in more danger than could ever be imagined. Oh, Dumas, I love you, but your pacing⦠well, let me be fair. The DâArtagnan Romances are enormous books; the third installment, The Vicomte of Bragelonne, is so huge that itâs usually published in at least three different volumes (hence the ability to read just The Man in the Iron Mask). Add to that the fact that itâs a serialized novel, having been published in installments over eight months. Itâs not meant to be read all at once. But that has never stopped me before; in fact, I powered through this to get to a digital galley that turned out to have been already published, making it a useless effort. (Man, NetGalley really needs to stop lying about publication dates.) So I canât really be objective about the pacing. But thatâs not to say itâs slowâitâs a bit slow at the beginning, as Dumas catches us up with our favorite musketeers and the situation in France, but once the four reunite and the plot gets rolling, it gets rolling. Itâs fatiguing in one go not because nothing happens but because everything that could possibly happen happens. What do you wantâa high speed horse chase? The fall of Charles I? Exploding boats? Jokes about cannibalism? Manly, affectionate friendships? Dumas has everything. (And God bless him for it.) Our boys are back in the saddle, older, wiser, and a little more exaggeratedâAramisâ violence and womanizing can best be summed up by how Porthos recognizes him from afar when heâs lateââI see an abbe cuffing a man, then bowing to a woman; it must be Aramisâ (Dumas). But heâs also more sly and politic this time around, and he certainly remains as vain as ever. (DâArtagnan reminds him to stop lying about his age at one point.) DâArtagnan is now the mastermind and de facto leader of the group, with his strategies and knack for balancing his friendsâ temperaments. Porthos is as lusty and content as ever, although apparently strongerâI certainly donât recall him being able to fell men with one blow of his fist in The Three Musketeers. And Athos remains steadfast and honorable, but with even more of a reason; Twenty Years After introduces us to Raoul, his son, a sweet, hopeful fifteen-year-old who wants to live up to his father and the stories heâs heard of the four friends back in the day. I must admit to loving aging action heroes; itâs why I liked Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. So seeing them older, wiser, and making cracks about everything was so much better back in the day was fantastic. With a truly terrifying villain in the form of the Puritan-raised and obsessive Mordaunt on top, itâs a solid cast.
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from Createspace Independent Pub (June 1, 2015)
9781514156391 | details & prices | 738 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 1.67 in. | List price $27.00
About: I loved The Three Musketeers.
About: I loved The Three Musketeers.
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