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The Forty-Five Guardsmen

Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870)

The sequel to "Chicot the Jester" and final book of the "Valois Romances." This story begins six years after the famed "Duel of the Mignons" between the favorites of the courts of King Henry III and Henry the Duke of Guise (somewhat allied with the King's brother, Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alencon). Dumas concludes his historical fiction on the War of the Three Henries while (1) detailing the formation of the Forty-Five Guardsmen (who were to become the Musketeers), (2) following Chicot the Jester as he stays loyal to the failing regency of King Henry III, and (3) continuing the story of Diana (a principal character in the previous book). - Summary by jvanstan

Genre(s): Fictional Biographies & Memoirs, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The Porte St. Antoine	John Van Stan	00:09:19
Play 02	What passed outside the Porte St. Antoine	John Van Stan	00:11:29
Play 03	The examination	John Van Stan	00:05:58
Play 04	His majesty Henri the Third	John Van Stan	00:09:30
Play 05	The Execution	John Van Stan	00:11:48
Play 06	The Brothers	John Van Stan	00:19:37
Play 07	The sword of the brave chevalier	John Van Stan	00:08:06
Play 08	The gascon	John Van Stan	00:07:51
Play 09	M. Loignac	John Van Stan	00:07:42
Play 10	The purchase of cuirasses	John Van Stan	00:09:45
Play 11	Still the League	John Van Stan	00:08:08
Play 12	The chamber of his majesty Henri III	John Van Stan	00:08:17
Play 13	The dormitory	John Van Stan	00:07:28
Play 14	The shade of Chicot	John Van Stan	00:15:31
Play 15	The difficulty of finding a good ambassador	John Van Stan	00:12:14
Play 16	The serenade	John Van Stan	00:09:09
Play 17	Chicot's purse	John Van Stan	00:04:32
Play 18	The priory of the Jacobins	John Van Stan	00:06:22
Play 19	The two friends	John Van Stan	00:08:16
Play 20	The breakfast	John Van Stan	00:04:50
Play 21	Brother Borromee	John Van Stan	00:07:14
Play 22	The lesson	John Van Stan	00:07:57
Play 23	The penitent	John Van Stan	00:05:40
Play 24	The ambush	John Van Stan	00:09:18
Play 25	The Guises	John Van Stan	00:05:26
Play 26	The Louvre	John Van Stan	00:05:46
Play 27	The revelation	John Van Stan	00:07:40
Play 28	Two friends	John Van Stan	00:05:29
Play 29	St. Maline	John Van Stan	00:07:40
Play 30	De Loignac's interview with the forty-five	John Van Stan	00:10:12
Play 31	The Bourgeois of Paris	John Van Stan	00:09:43
Play 32	Brother Borromee	John Van Stan	00:06:08
Play 33	Chicot, Latinist	John Van Stan	00:05:30
Play 34	The four winds	John Van Stan	00:06:02
Play 35	How Chicot continued his journey, and what happened to him	John Van Stan	00:08:37
Play 36	The third day of the Journey	John Van Stan	00:06:37
Play 37	Ernanton de Carmainges	John Van Stan	00:09:47
Play 38	The stable-yard	John Van Stan	00:10:39
Play 39	The seven sins of Magdalen	John Van Stan	00:09:27
Play 40	Bel-Esbat	John Van Stan	00:14:22
Play 41	The letter of M. de Mayenne	John Van Stan	00:09:49
Play 42	How Dom Gorenflot blessed the king as he passed before the priory of the Jacobins	John Van Stan	00:11:41
Play 43	How Chicot blessed King Louis II. for having invented posting, and resolved to profit by it	John Van Stan	00:11:07
Play 44	How the King of Navarre guesses that ''Turennius'' means Turenne, and ''Margot'' Margot	John Van Stan	00:09:06
Play 45	The Avenue 3000 Feet Long	John Van Stan	00:05:46
Play 46	Marguerite's room	John Van Stan	00:06:11
Play 47	The explanation	John Van Stan	00:11:05
Play 48	The Spanish Ambassador	John Van Stan	00:09:15
Play 49	The poor of Henri of Navarre	John Van Stan	00:13:29
Play 50	The true mistress of the King of Navarre	John Van Stan	00:09:50
Play 51	Chicot's astonishment at finding himself so popular in Nerac	John Van Stan	00:14:58
Play 52	How the hunted the wolf in Navarre	John Van Stan	00:11:21
Play 53	How Henri of Navarre behaved in battle	John Van Stan	00:11:29
Play 54	What was passing at the Louvre about the time Chicot entered Nerac	John Van Stan	00:14:24
Play 55	Red plume and white plume	John Van Stan	00:09:13
Play 56	The door opens	John Van Stan	00:09:08
Play 57	How a great lady loved in the year 1586	John Van Stan	00:17:52
Play 58	How St. Maline entered into the Turret and what followed	John Van Stan	00:10:01
Play 59	What was passing in the mysterious house	John Van Stan	00:11:11
Play 60	The laboratory	John Van Stan	00:06:53
Play 61	What M. Francois, Duc d'Anjou, Duc de Brabant and Comte de Flanders was doing in Flanders	John Van Stan	00:09:43
Play 62	Preparations for battle	John Van Stan	00:13:58
Play 63	Monseigneur	John Van Stan	00:05:54
Play 64	Monseigneur (continued)	John Van Stan	00:09:49
Play 65	French and Flemings	John Van Stan	00:14:45
Play 66	The travelers	John Van Stan	00:08:56
Play 67	Explanation	John Van Stan	00:10:10
Play 68	The water	John Van Stan	00:10:17
Play 69	Flight	John Van Stan	00:13:43
Play 70	Transfiguration	John Van Stan	00:08:05
Play 71	The two brothers	John Van Stan	00:11:30
Play 72	The expedition	John Van Stan	00:09:13
Play 73	Paul-Emile	John Van Stan	00:11:33
Play 74	One of the souvenirs of the Duc d'Anjou	John Van Stan	00:18:17
Play 75	How Aurilly executed the commission of the Duc d'Anjou	John Van Stan	00:14:33
Play 76	The journey	John Van Stan	00:07:55
Play 77	How King Henri III. did not invite Grillon to breakfast, and how Chicot invited himself	John Van Stan	00:16:35
Play 78	How, after receiving news from the south, Henri received news from the north	John Van Stan	00:13:17
Play 79	The two companions	John Van Stan	00:06:41
Play 80	The Corne d'Abondance	John Van Stan	00:05:01
Play 81	What happened in the little room	John Van Stan	00:27:56
Play 82	The husband and the lover	John Van Stan	00:17:53
Play 83	Showing how Chicot began to understand the purport of M. de Guise's letter	John Van Stan	00:15:15
Play 84	Le Cardinal de Joyeuse	John Van Stan	00:22:07
Play 85	News from Aurilly	John Van Stan	00:10:09
Play 86	Doubt	John Van Stan	00:16:11
Play 87	Certainty	John Van Stan	00:17:05
Play 88	Fatality	John Van Stan	00:14:05
Play 89	Les hospitalieres	John Van Stan	00:18:40
Play 90	His Highness Monseigneur le Duc de Guise	John Van Stan	00:06:30
Play 91	Postscript	John Van Stan	00:02:27

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