One of France's best-selling writers at the time of the novel's composition, Dumas here combines what he considered to be life's essentials - `l'action et l'amour'. This historical romance is the climax of his epic of chivalry and valour that began...
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One of France's best-selling writers at the time of the novel's composition, Dumas here combines what he considered to be life's essentials - `l'action et l'amour'. This historical romance is the climax of his epic of chivalry and valour that began with The Three Musketeers, and it is here that Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and their friend d'Artagnan, once invincible, meet their destinies.This edition provides background information and notes crucial to an understanding of the legend and the novel's setting. Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Alexandre Dumas -- THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK -- 1. TWO OLD FRIENDS -- 2. WHEREIN MAY BE SEEN THAT A BARGAIN WHICH CANNOT BE MADE WITH ONE PERSON, CAN BE CARRIED OUT WITH ANOTHER -- 3. THE SKIN OF THE BEAR -- 4. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN-MOTHER -- 5. TWO FRIENDS -- 6. HOW JEAN DE LA FONTAINE WROTE HIS FIRST TALE -- 7. LA FONTAINE IN THE CHARACTER OF A NEGOTIATOR -- 8. MADAME DE BELLIÈRE'S PLATE AND DIAMONDS -- 9. M. DE MAZARIN'S RECEIPT -- 10. MONSIEUR COLBERT'S ROUGH DRAFT -- 11. IN WHICH THE AUTHOR THINKS IT IS NOW TIME TO RETURN TO THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE -- 12. BRAGELONNE CONTINUES HIS INQUIRIES -- 13. TWO JEALOUSIES -- 14. A DOMICILIARY VISIT -- 15. PORTHOS'S PLAN OF ACTION -- 16. THE CHANCE OF RESIDENCE, THE TRAP-DOOR, AND THE PORTRAIT -- 17. RIVAL POLITICS -- 18. RIVAL AFFECTIONS -- 19. KING AND NOBILITY -- 20. AFTER THE STORM -- 21. HEU! MISER! -- 22. WOUNDS UPON WOUNDS -- 23. WHAT RAOUL HAD GUESSED -- 24. THREE GUESTS ASTONISHED TO FIND THEMSELVES AT SUPPER TOGETHER -- 25. WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE LOUVRE DURING THE SUPPER AT THE BASTILLE -- 26. POLITICAL RIVALS -- 27. IN WHICH PORTHOS IS CONVINCED WITHOUT HAVING UNDERSTOOD ANYTHING -- 28. M. DE BAISEMEAUX'S "SOCIETY -- 29. THE PRISONER -- 30. HOW MOUSTON HAD BECOME FATTER WITHOUT GIVING PORTHOS NOTICE THEREOF, AND OF THE TROUBLES WHICH CONSEQUENTLY BEFELL THAT WORTHY GENTLEMAN -- 31. WHO MESSIRE JEAN PERCERIN WAS -- 32. THE PATTERNS -- 33. WHERE, PROBABLY, MOLIÈRE FORMED HIS FIRST IDEA OF THE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME -- 34. THE BEEHIVE, THE BEES, AND THE HONEY -- 35. ANOTHER SUPPER AT THE BASTILLE -- 36. THE GENERAL OF THE ORDER -- 37. THE TEMPTER -- 38. CROWN AND TIARA -- 39. THE CHÂTEAU DE VAUX-LE-VICOMTE -- 40. THE WINE OF MELUN -- 41. NECTAR AND AMBROSIA -- 42. A GASCON, AND A GASCON AND A HALF -- 43. COLBERT.
