In
seventeenth-century
France,
young
D'Artagnan
initially
quarrels
with,
then
befriends,
three
musketeers
and
joins
them in
trying
to
outwit
the
enemies
of the
king and
queen.
In the
court of
Louis
XIII,
where
the
Musketeers,
Athos,
Porthos,
and
Aramis,
with
their
companion,
the
headstrong
d'Artagnan,
are
engaged
in a
battle
against
Cardinal
Richelieu,
the
king's
minister,
and the
beautiful,
unscrupulous
spy,
Milady.
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Only
Twenty
Years
After
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,
Mordaunt,
who
wears
the face
of Evil.
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Only
Vicomte
De
Bragelonne,
The
It
is May
1660 and
the fate
of
nations
is at
stake.
Mazarin
plots,
Louis
XIV is
in love,
and
Raoul de
Bragelonne,
son of
Athos,
is
intent
on
serving
France
and
winning
the
heart of
Louise
de la
Valliere.
D'Artagnan,
meanwhile,
is
perplexed
by a
mysterious
stranger,
and soon
he
learns
that his
old
comrades
already
have
great
projects
in hand.
Athos
seeks
the
restoration
of
Charles
II,
while
Aramis,
with
Porthos
in tow,
has a
secret
plan
involving
a masked
prisoner
and the
fortification
of the
island
of
Belle-Ile.
D'Artagnan
finds a
thread
leading
him to
the
French
court,
the
banks of
the
Tyne,
the
beaches
of
Holland,
and the
dunes of
Brittany.
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Only
Louise
de la
Vallière
It
is early
summer,
1661,
and the
royal
court of
France
is in
turmoil.
Can it
be true
that the
King is
in love
with the
Duchess
D'Orleans?
Or has
his eye
been
caught
by the
sweet
and
gentle
Louise
de la
Valliere?
No one
is more
anxious
to know
the
answer
than
Raoul,
son of
Athos,
who
loves
Louise
more
than
life
itself.
Behind
the
scenes,
dark
intrigues
are
afoot.
Louis
XIV is
intent
on
making
himself
absolute
master
of
France.
Imminent
crisis
shakes
the now
ageing
Musketeers
and
d'Artagnan
out of
their
complacent
retirement,
but is
the
cause
just?
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Only
Man
in the
Iron
Mask,
The
Louis
XIV,
King of
France,
has an
identical
twin
brother.
The
existence
of
Philippe,
the
twin, is
known
only to
the
Queen
mother,
and to
the
bishop
Aramis,
who was
once a
musketeer.
Philippe
has been
reared
in
another
country
under
the
watchful
eye of
the
queen's
servants.
His
world is
of
horses,
trees
and the
outdoors,
while
his
brother
basks in
the
royal
world of
kings
and
queens.
However,
King
Louis is
not a
good
king and
so
begins
the plot
to
remove
him from
the
throne
and
replace
him with
Philippe.
