Chicot the Jester

Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870)

This sequel to Dumas' “Marguerite de Valois” begins four years after the sudden death of King Charles IX and succession of his brother Henry III. The reign of King Henry III was plagued with rebellion and political intrigue due to the War of the Three Henries, where his regency was challenged by King Henry of Navarre (leader of the Huguenots) and Henry I, Duke of Guise (leader of the Catholic League). Dumas weaves two main storylines through this turbulent backdrop: one of the love ignited between le Comte de Bussy and la Dame de Monsoreau, and another of the friendship between King Henry III and his truly unique jester, Chicot (Jean-Antoine d'Anglerais). - Summary by jvanstan

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

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The wedding of St. Luc John Van Stan
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Play 02 How it is not always he who opens the door, who enters the house John Van Stan
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Play 03 How it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a dream from the reality John Van Stan
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Play 04 How Madame de St. Luc had passed the night John Van Stan
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Play 05 How Madame de St. Luc passed the second night of her marriage John Van Stan
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Play 06 Le petite coucher of Henri III John Van Stan
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Play 07 How, without anyone knowing why, the king was converted before the next day John Van Stan
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Play 08 How the king was afraid of being afraid John Van Stan
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Play 09 How the angel made a mistake and spoke to Chicot, thinking it was the king John Van Stan
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Play 10 How Bussy went to seek for the reality of his dream John Van Stan
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Play 11 M. Bryan de Monsoreau John Van Stan
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Play 12 How Bussy found both the portrait and the original John Van Stan
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Play 13 Who Diana was John Van Stan
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Play 14 The treaty John Van Stan
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Play 15 The marriage John Van Stan
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Play 16 The marriage (continued) John Van Stan
00:11:04
Play 17 How Henri III. traveled, and how long it took him to get from Paris to Fontainebleau John Van Stan
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Play 18 Brother Gorenflot John Van Stan
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Play 19 How Chicot found out that it was easier to go in than out of the abbey John Van Stan
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Play 20 How Chicot, forced to remain in the abbey, saw and heard things very dangerous to see and hear John Van Stan
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Play 21 How Chicot learned genealogy John Van Stan
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Play 22 How M. and Madame de St. Luc met with a traveling companion John Van Stan
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Play 23 The old man John Van Stan
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Play 24 How Remy-le-Haudouin had, in Bussy's absence, established a communication with the Rue St. Antione John Van Stan
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Play 25 The father and daughter John Van Stan
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Play 26 How Brother Gorenflot awoke, and the reception he met with at his convent John Van Stan
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Play 27 How Brother Gorenflot remained convinced that he was a somnambulist, and bitterly deplored this infirmity John Van Stan
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Play 28 How Brother Gorenflot traveled upon an ass, named Panurge, and learned many things he did not know before John Van Stan
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Play 29 How Brother Gorenflot changed his ass for a mule, and his mule for a horse John Van Stan
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Play 30 How Chicot and his companion installed themselves at the Hotel of the Cross, and how they were received by the host John Van Stan
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Play 31 How the monk confessed the advocate, and the advocate the monk John Van Stan
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Play 32 How Chicot used his sword John Van Stan
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Play 33 How the Duc D'Anjou learned that Diana was not dead John Van Stan
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Play 34 How Chicot returned to the Louvre, and was received by the King Henri III. John Van Stan
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Play 35 What passed between M. de Monsoreau and the Duke John Van Stan
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Play 36 Chicot and the King John Van Stan
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Play 37 What M. de Guise came to do at the Louvre John Van Stan
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Play 38 Castor and Pollux John Van Stan
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Play 39 In which it is proved that listening is the best way to hear John Van Stan
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Play 40 The evening of the League John Van Stan
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Play 41 The Rue de la Ferronnerie John Van Stan
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Play 42 The Prince and the friend John Van Stan
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Play 43 Etymology of the Rue de la Jussienne John Van Stan
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Play 44 How D'Epernon had his doublet torn, and how Chomberg was stained blue John Van Stan
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Play 45 Chicot more than ever King of France John Van Stan
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Play 46 How Chicot paid a visit to Bussy, and what followed John Van Stan
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Play 47 The chess of M. Chicot, and the cup and ball of M. Quelus John Van Stan
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Play 48 The reception of the chiefs of The League John Van Stan
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Play 49 How the King annexed a chief who was neither the Duc de Guise nor M. D'Anjou John Van Stan
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Play 50 Eteocles and Polynices John Van Stan
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Play 51 How people do not always lose their time by searching empty drawers John Van Stan
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Play 52 Ventre St. Gris John Van Stan
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Play 53 The friends John Van Stan
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Play 54 Bussy and Diana John Van Stan
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Play 55 How Bussy was offered three hundred pistoles for his horse, and parted with him for nothing John Van Stan
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Play 56 The diplomacy of the Duc D'Anjou John Van Stan
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Play 57 The ideas of the Duc D'Anjou John Van Stan
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Play 58 A flight of Angevins John Van Stan
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Play 59 Roland John Van Stan
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Play 60 What M. de Monsoreau came to announce John Van Stan
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Play 61 How the King learned the flight of his beloved brother, and what followed John Van Stan
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Play 62 How, as Chicot and the Queen Mother were agreed, the King began to agree with them John Van Stan
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Play 63 In which it is proved that gratitude was one of St. Luc's virtues John Van Stan
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Play 64 The project of M. de St. Luc John Van Stan
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Play 65 How M. de St. Luc showed M. de Monsoreau the trust that the King had taught him John Van Stan
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Play 66 In which we see the Queen Mother enter the town of Angers, but not triumphantly John Van Stan
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Play 67 Little causes and great effects John Van Stan
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Play 68 How M. de Monsoreau opened and shut his eyes, which proved that he was not dead John Van Stan
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Play 69 How M. le Duc D'Anjou went to Meridor to congratulate Madame de Monsoreau on the death of her husband, and found him there before him John Van Stan
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Play 70 The inconvenience of large litters and narrow doors John Van Stan
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Play 71 What temper the King was in when St. Luc reappeared at the Louvre John Van Stan
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Play 72 In which we meet two important personages whom we have lost sight of for some time John Van Stan
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Play 73 Diana's second journey to Paris John Van Stan
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Play 74 How the ambassador of the Duc D'Anjou arrived at the Louvre, and the reception he met with John Van Stan
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Play 75 Which is only the end of the preceding one John Van Stan
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Play 76 How M. de St. Luc acquitted himself of the commission given to him by Bussy John Van Stan
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Play 77 In what respect M. de St. Luc was more civilized than M. de Bussy, the lessons which he gave him, and the use which M. de Bussy made of them John Van Stan
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Play 78 The Precautions of M. de Monsoreau John Van Stan
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Play 79 A visit to the house at Les Tournelles John Van Stan
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Play 80 The watchers John Van Stan
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Play 81 How M. le Duc D'Anjou signed, and after having signed, spoke John Van Stan
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Play 82 A promenade at the Tournelles John Van Stan
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Play 83 In which Chicot sleeps John Van Stan
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Play 84 Where Chicot wakes John Van Stan
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Play 85 The Fete Dieu John Van Stan
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Play 86 Which will elucidate the previous chapter John Van Stan
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Play 87 The procession John Van Stan
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Play 88 Chicot the First John Van Stan
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Play 89 Interest and capital John Van Stan
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Play 90 What was passing near the Bastille while Chicot was paying his debt to Y. de Mayenne John Van Stan
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Play 91 The assassination John Van Stan
00:19:06
Play 92 How Brother Gorenflot found himself more than ever between a gallows and an abbey John Van Stan
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Play 93 Where Chicot guesses why D'Epernon had blood on his feet and none in his cheeks John Van Stan
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Play 94 The morning of the combat John Van Stan
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Play 95 The friends of Bussy John Van Stan
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Play 96 The combat John Van Stan
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Play 97 The end John Van Stan
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