![]() ![]() His works have been adapted into more than 200 movies, including The Man in the Iron Mask starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Set across four decades, this trilogy follows the rise of the dashing D’Artagnan-from hot-headed soldier to trusted captain under Louis XIV.ĭumas’ other novels include "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Black Tulip". Among the best known are "The Three Musketeers", and its sequels "Twenty Years After", and "Le Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later". Often co-authored with other writers, these stories wove together swashbuckling adventure, romance, and real events from France’s past. Born of mixed French and Haitian heritage, Dumas first rose to prominence in Paris as a playwright, but later gained international fame with his historical fiction. And all the boisterous action that you expect from a Dumas adventure.Īlexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) was a hugely popular 19th century French writer. This vast novel has been split into three, four, or five volumes at various points. The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, set between 16 serialized from October 1847 to January 1850. ![]() ![]() ![]() This part of the story is ripe with intrigue surrounding France’s political tumult. Twenty Years After, set between 16 serialized from January to August 1845. His heart is set on revenging his mother's death. The other is Mordaunt, offspring of the devious Milady. One is Raoul, son of Athos, who has joined the army and is fighting the Spaniards. Revolution is brewing, and while D'Artagnan and Porthos remain loyal to the Queen, Aramis and Athos support the rebellion. In the second part of "Twenty Years After" political allegiances keep the four Musketeers divided. Will the Musketeers ever be "all for one and one for all" again? ![]()
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