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Twenty Years After: the second book in The D’Artagnan Romances - New Revised Edition - cover

Twenty Years After: the second book in The D’Artagnan Romances - New Revised Edition

Alexandre Dumas

Publisher: Publisher s23429

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Finally The New Revised Edition is Available!

Twenty Years After is the second book in The D’Artagnan Romances. 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.
The fantastic adventures of the Three Musketeers continue - starting with an intrigue surrounding D'Artagnan who has, for twenty years, remained a lieutenant.
Available since: 03/14/2021.

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