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The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 3: The Man in the Iron Mask (version 2)

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

Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. In this, the final part, d’Artagnan’s fortune is near its height; having become the illustrious Captain of the Musketeers, he is now the chief defender of King Louis XIV. Fortune has also smiled on his three companions: Aramis is a wealthy bishop and the powerful, secret Superior General of the Jesuit Order (or “the black pope”); Athos is the premier nobleman of France; and Porthos becomes a Duke with the proud but garishly long-winded title of “du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds.” On the opposite side of fortune, we find the young Phillippe, a desolate iron-masked prisoner in the infamous Bastille who has been deprived of everything, even his true identity, and the formerly rich and powerful Superintendent of Finance, Nicholas Fouquet. Aramis dupes the good-natured Porthos and desperate Fouquet into aiding Phillippe… with disastrous consequences for all, including d’Artagnan and King Louis XIV! Dumas spares none in this conclusion. Indeed, the turn of events drive d’Artagnan to ask, “What is there left for man after youth, love, glory, friendship, strength, and wealth have disappeared?” His answer, a true Gascon to the end, does provides some inspiration: “Forward! still forward! When it is time, God will tell me, as he foretold the others.” - Summary by jvanstan

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

Language: English

Group: d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Two old friends	John Van Stan	00:41:30
Play 02	Wherein may be seen that a bargain which cannot be made with one person, can be carried out with another	John Van Stan	00:29:20
Play 03	The skin of the bear	John Van Stan	00:17:05
Play 04	An interview with the Queen Mother	John Van Stan	00:25:10
Play 05	Two friends	John Van Stan	00:18:20
Play 06	How Jean de la Fontaine came to write his first tale	John Van Stan	00:11:05
Play 07	La Fontaine in the character of a negotiator	John Van Stan	00:17:50
Play 08	Madame de Belliere's plate and diamonds	John Van Stan	00:09:40
Play 09	M. de Mazarin's receipt	John Van Stan	00:22:05
Play 10	Monsieur Colbert's rough draft	John Van Stan	00:26:15
Play 11	In which the author thinks it is high time to return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne	John Van Stan	00:14:50
Play 12	Bragelonne continues his inquiries	John Van Stan	00:14:10
Play 13	Two jealousies	John Van Stan	00:13:15
Play 14	A domiciliary visit	John Van Stan	00:17:40
Play 15	Porthos's plan of action	John Van Stan	00:20:15
Play 16	The change of residence, the trap-door, and the portrait	John Van Stan	00:25:55
Play 17	Rivals in politics	John Van Stan	00:13:45
Play 18	Rivals in love	John Van Stan	00:18:00
Play 19	King and noble	John Van Stan	00:19:05
Play 20	After the storm	John Van Stan	00:13:45
Play 21	Heu! Miser!	John Van Stan	00:10:35
Play 22	Wounds within wounds	John Van Stan	00:14:30
Play 23	What Raoul had guessed	John Van Stan	00:14:20
Play 24	Three guests astonished to find themselves at supper together	John Van Stan	00:12:55
Play 25	What took place at the Louvre during the supper at the Bastile	John Van Stan	00:19:35
Play 26	Political rivals	John Van Stan	00:18:30
Play 27	In which Porthos is convinced without having understood anything	John Van Stan	00:15:25
Play 28	M. de Baisemeaux's "Society"	John Van Stan	00:20:20
Play 29	The prisoner (part 1)	John Van Stan	00:41:40
Play 30	The prisoner (part 2)	John Van Stan	00:27:40
Play 31	How Mouston had become fatter without giving Porthos notice thereof	John Van Stan	00:20:45
Play 32	Who Messire Jean Percerin was	John Van Stan	00:15:20
Play 33	The patterns	John Van Stan	00:22:40
Play 34	Where, probably, Moliere obtained his first idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme	John Van Stan	00:15:15
Play 35	The bee-hive, the bees, and the honey	John Van Stan	00:23:00
Play 36	Another supper at the Bastile	John Van Stan	00:18:40
Play 37	The general of the order	John Van Stan	00:24:15
Play 38	The tempter	John Van Stan	00:23:50
Play 39	Crown and tiara	John Van Stan	00:21:40
Play 40	The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte	John Van Stan	00:13:40
Play 41	The wine of Melun	John Van Stan	00:13:15
Play 42	Nectar and ambrosia	John Van Stan	00:11:10
Play 43	A gascon, and a gascon-and-a-half	John Van Stan	00:33:35
Play 44	Colbert	John Van Stan	00:16:10
Play 45	Jealousy	John Van Stan	00:16:45
Play 46	High treason	John Van Stan	00:24:15
Play 47	A night at the Bastile	John Van Stan	00:17:45
Play 48	The shadow of M. Fouquet	John Van Stan	00:41:20
Play 49	The Morning	John Van Stan	00:20:10
Play 50	The King's friend	John Van Stan	00:43:50
Play 51	Showing how the countersign was respected at the Bastile	John Van Stan	00:20:50
Play 52	The King's gratitude	John Van Stan	00:23:40
Play 53	The false King	John Van Stan	00:25:55
Play 54	In which Porthos thinks he is pursuing a Duchy	John Van Stan	00:13:10
Play 55	The last adieux	John Van Stan	00:13:50
Play 56	Monsieur de Beaufort	John Van Stan	00:20:40
Play 57	Preparations for Departure	John Van Stan	00:20:50
Play 58	Planchet's inventory	John Van Stan	00:13:30
Play 59	The inventory of M. de Beaufort	John Van Stan	00:15:00
Play 60	The silver dish	John Van Stan	00:18:30
Play 61	Captive and jailers	John Van Stan	00:24:08
Play 62	Promises	John Van Stan	00:30:15
Play 63	Among women	John Van Stan	00:21:15
Play 64	The last supper	John Van Stan	00:19:20
Play 65	In M. Colbert's Carriage	John Van Stan	00:21:40
Play 66	The two lighters	John Van Stan	00:19:20
Play 67	Friendly advice	John Van Stan	00:15:30
Play 68	How the King, Louis XIV, played his little part	John Van Stan	00:22:45
Play 69	The white horse and the black	John Van Stan	00:18:55
Play 70	In which the squirrel falls--the adder flies	John Van Stan	00:24:05
Play 71	Belle-Ile-en-Mer	John Van Stan	00:25:20
Play 72	Explanations by Aramis	John Van Stan	00:28:20
Play 73	Result of the ideas of the King, and the ideas of d'Artagnan	John Van Stan	00:06:35
Play 74	The ancestors of Porthos	John Van Stan	00:11:40
Play 75	The son of Biscarrat	John Van Stan	00:16:05
Play 76	The Grotto of Locmaria	John Van Stan	00:15:55
Play 77	The Grotto	John Van Stan	00:20:40
Play 78	An Homeric Song	John Van Stan	00:13:30
Play 79	The Death of a Titan!	John Van Stan	00:16:55
Play 80	Porthos's epitaph	John Van Stan	00:17:19
Play 81	M. de Gesvres's Round	John Van Stan	00:14:35
Play 82	King Louis XIV	John Van Stan	00:22:05
Play 83	M. Fouquet's friends	John Van Stan	00:17:15
Play 84	Porthos's will	John Van Stan	00:14:15
Play 85	The old age of Athos	John Van Stan	00:14:25
Play 86	Athos's vision	John Van Stan	00:16:00
Play 87	The Angel of Death	John Van Stan	00:13:44
Play 88	The Bulletin	John Van Stan	00:14:50
Play 89	The last canto of the poem	John Van Stan	00:16:35
Play 90	Epilogue (Part 1)	John Van Stan	00:48:55
Play 91	Epilogue (Part 2)	John Van Stan	00:16:05

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