The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later

Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870)
Translated by William Robson (1785 - 1863)

Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d’Artagnan as Lieutenant of the King’s Musketeers. In this post, he is very near to achieving his dream (becoming Captain) and even nearer to his King, being young Louis XIV’s personal guard. Seeing first-hand how powerless the child King was, d’Artagnan resigns his illustrious, but dull, post to turn his sharp wit and sword toward another ambitious aim: restoration of the English monarchy. To the joy of France, Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum that pulls at the ill-fated ambitions of the rich and powerful, Nicolas Fouquet. To combat Fouquet’s ambitions and wrench the nation back from the brink of bankruptcy, young Louis XIV takes the Cardinal’s dying advice and leagues with the economic and sociopolitical reformist, Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Unfortunately, “The Inseparables” again find each other on different sides of the power struggle: Aramis and Porthos with Fouquet, but d’Artagnan and Athos with the King and Colbert. As d’Artagnan advises King Louis XIV, “The reign of Mazarin is over, but that of the financiers is begun. They have the money; your majesty will not often see much of it. To live under the paw of these hungry wolves is hard.” - Summary by jvanstan

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

Language: English

Group: d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Letter John Van Stan
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Play 02 The Messenger John Van Stan
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Play 03 The Interview John Van Stan
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Play 04 Father and Son John Van Stan
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Play 05 In which Something will be said of Cropoli—of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown Painter John Van Stan
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Play 06 The Unkown John Van Stan
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Play 07 Parry John Van Stan
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Play 08 What his Majesty King Louis XIV. was at the Age of Twenty-Two John Van Stan
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Play 09 In which the Unknown of the Hostelry of Les Medicis loses his Incognito John Van Stan
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Play 10 The Arithmetic of M. de Mazarin John Van Stan
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Play 11 Mazarin's Policy John Van Stan
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Play 12 The King and the Lieutenant John Van Stan
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Play 13 Mary de Mancini John Van Stan
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Play 14 In which the King and the Lieutenant each give Proofs of Memory John Van Stan
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Play 15 The Proscribed John Van Stan
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Play 16 "Remember!" John Van Stan
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Play 17 In which Aramis is sought and only Bazin is found John Van Stan
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Play 18 In which D'Artagnan seeks Porthose and only finds Mousqueton John Van Stan
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Play 19 What D'Artagnan went to Paris for John Van Stan
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Play 20 Of the Society which was formed in the Rue des Lombards, at the Sign of the Pilon d'Or John Van Stan
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Play 21 In which D'Artagnan prepares to travel for the Firm of Planchet and Company John Van Stan
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Play 22 D'Artagnan travels for the House of Planchet and Company John Van Stan
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Play 23 In which the Author, very unwillingly, is forced to write a Little History John Van Stan
00:29:50
Play 24 The Treasure John Van Stan
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Play 25 The March John Van Stan
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Play 26 Heart and Mind John Van Stan
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Play 27 The Next Day John Van Stan
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Play 28 Smuggling John Van Stan
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Play 29 In which D'Artagnan begins to fear he has placed his Money and that of Planchet in the Sinking Fund John Van Stan
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Play 30 The Shares of Planchet and Company rise again to Par John Van Stan
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Play 31 Monk reveals himself John Van Stan
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Play 32 Athos and D'Artagnan meet once more at the Hostelry of the Corne du Cerf John Van Stan
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Play 33 The Audience John Van Stan
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Play 34 Of the Embarrassment of Riches John Van Stan
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Play 35 On the Canal John Van Stan
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Play 36 How D'Artagnan drew, as a Fairy would have done, a Country-seat from a Deal Box John Van Stan
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Play 37 How D'Artagnan regulated the "Assets" of the Company before he established its "Liabilities" John Van Stan
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Play 38 In which it is seen that the French Grocer had already been established in the Seventeenth Century John Van Stan
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Play 39 Mazarin's Gaming Party John Van Stan
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Play 40 An Affair of State John Van Stan
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Play 41 The Recital John Van Stan
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Play 42 In which Mazarin becomes Prodigal John Van Stan
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Play 43 Guendaud John Van Stan
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Play 44 Colbert John Van Stan
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Play 45 Confession of a Man of Wealth John Van Stan
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Play 46 The Donation John Van Stan
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Play 47 How Anne of Austria gave one Piece of Advice to Louis XIV., and how M. Fouquet gave him another John Van Stan
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Play 48 Agony John Van Stan
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Play 49 The First Appearance of Colbert John Van Stan
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Play 50 The First Day of the Royalty of Louis XIV John Van Stan
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Play 51 A Passion John Van Stan
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Play 52 D'Artagnan's Lesson John Van Stan
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Play 53 The King John Van Stan
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Play 54 The Houses of M. Fouquet John Van Stan
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Play 55 The Abbe Fouquet John Van Stan
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Play 56 M. de la Fontaine's Wine John Van Stan
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Play 57 The Gallery of Saint-Mande John Van Stan
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Play 58 Epicureans John Van Stan
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Play 59 A Quarter of an Hour's Delay John Van Stan
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Play 60 Plan of Battle John Van Stan
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Play 61 The Cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-Dame John Van Stan
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Play 62 Vive Colbert! John Van Stan
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Play 63 How M. D'Eymeris' Diamond passed into the Hands of M. D'Artagnan John Van Stan
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Play 64 Of the Notable Difference D'Artagnan finds between M. the Intendant and M. the Superintendant John Van Stan
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Play 65 Philosophy of the Heart and Mind John Van Stan
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Play 66 The Journey John Van Stan
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Play 67 How D'Artagnan became acquainted with a Poet, who had turned Printer for the sake of printing his own Verses John Van Stan
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Play 68 D'Artagnan continues his Investigations John Van Stan
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Play 69 In which the Reader, no doubt, will be as astonished as D'Artagnan was to meet an Old Acquaintance John Van Stan
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Play 70 Wherein the Ideas of D'Artagnan, at first strangely clouded, begin to clear up a little John Van Stan
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Play 71 A Procession at Vannes John Van Stan
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Play 72 The Grandeur of the Bishop of Vannes John Van Stan
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Play 73 In which Porthos begins to be sorry for having come with D'Artagnan John Van Stan
00:28:10
Play 74 In which D'Artagnan makes all Speed, Porthos snores, and Aramis counsels John Van Stan
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Play 75 In which M. Fouquet acts John Van Stan
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Play 76 In which D'Artagnan finished by at length placing his Hand upon his Captains Commission John Van Stan
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Play 77 A Lover and his Mistress John Van Stan
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Play 78 In which we at length see the true Heroine of this History appear John Van Stan
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Play 79 Malicorne and Manicamp John Van Stan
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Play 80 Manicamp and Malicorne John Van Stan
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Play 81 The Courtyard of the Hotel Grammont John Van Stan
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Play 82 The Portrait of Madame John Van Stan
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Play 83 Havre John Van Stan
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Play 84 At Sea John Van Stan
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Play 85 The Tents John Van Stan
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Play 86 Night John Van Stan
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Play 87 From Havre to Paris John Van Stan
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Play 88 An Account of what the Chevalier de Lorraine thought of Madame John Van Stan
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Play 89 A Surprise for Madame de Montalais John Van Stan
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Play 90 The Consent of Athos John Van Stan
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Play 91 Monsieur becomes jealous of the Duke of Buckingham John Van Stan
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Play 92 Forever! John Van Stan
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Play 93 King Louis XIV. does not think Mademoiselle de la Valliere either rich enough or pretty enough John Van Stan
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Play 94 Sword-thrusts in the Water John Van Stan
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Play 95 Sword-thrusts in the Water (concluded) John Van Stan
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Play 96 Baisemeaux de Montlezun John Van Stan
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Play 97 The King's Card-table John Van Stan
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Play 98 M. Baisemeaux de Montlezun's Accounts John Van Stan
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Play 99 The Breakfast at M. de Baisemeaux's John Van Stan
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Play 100 The Second Floor of la Bertaudiere John Van Stan
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Play 101 The Two Friends John Van Stan
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Play 102 Madame de Belliere's Plate John Van Stan
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Play 103 The Dowry John Van Stan
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Play 104 Le Terrain de Dieu John Van Stan
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