Between Two Kings

A Sequel to The Three Musketeers

Lawrence Ellsworth, Alexandre Dumas

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Year: 2021
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781643137513
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

For years d'Artagnan shared his adventures with his three comrades—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—but now, in Between Two Kings, the First Musketeer returns to the forefront. This is truly d'Artagnan's novel, bringing to adramatic climax the story that began when he first arrived in Paris thirty years earlier in The Three Musketeers. This brand-new translation of Between Two Kings immediately picks up the story and themes of Blood Royal, where d'Artagnan tries to thwart destiny by saving England's Charles I; now, he will be instrumental in the restoration of his son, Charles II, the first of the two kings of the title. Disappointed in the irresolution of young Louis XIV, d'Artagnan takes a leave of absence from the King's Musketeers and ventures to England with a bold plan to hoist Charles II onto his throne, a swashbuckling escapade in which he is unwittingly assisted by his old comrade Athos. D'Artagnan returns triumphant to France, where he is recalled to service by the second king, Louis XIV, who is now finally ready to take full advantage of the extraordinary talents of his officer of musketeers. This newly translated volume by Lawrence Ellsworthis the first volume of Alexandre Dumas's mega-novel Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, the epic finale to the Musketeers Cycle, which will end withthe justly-famous The Man in the Iron Mask. This marks the first significant new English translation of this series of novels in over a century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Introduction
• Chapter I: The Letter
• Chapter II: The Messenger
• Chapter III: The Interview
• Chapter IV: Father and Son
• Chapter V: Which Speaks of Cropoli and Cropole and of a Great Unknown Painter
• Chapter VI: The Stranger
• Chapter VII: Parry
• Chapter VIII: His Majesty Louis XIV at the Age of Twenty-Two
• Chapter IX: In Which the Stranger from the Inn of The Médicis Drops His Incognito
• Chapter X: The Arithmetic of Monsieur de Mazarin
• Chapter XI: The Politics of Monsieur de Mazarin
• Chapter XII: The King and the Lieutenant
• Chapter XIII: Marie de Mancini
• Chapter XIV: In Which the King and the Lieutenant Exchange Proofs of Memory
• Chapter XV: The Exile
• Chapter XVI: “Remember!”
• Chapter XVII: In Which Aramis Is Sought but Only Bazin Is Found
• Chapter XVIII: In Which d’Artagnan Seeks Porthos but Finds Only Mousqueton
• Chapter XIX: In Which d’Artagnan Brings His Business to Paris
• Chapter XX: Of the Company Formed in the Rue des Lombards under the Sign of the Golden Pestle to Execute d’Artagnan’s Plan
• Chapter XXI: In Which d’Artagnan Prepares to Travel on the Behalf of Planchet and Co.
• Chapter XXII: D’Artagnan Travels for the House of Planchet and Co.
• Chapter XXIII: In Which the Author Is Forced, Despite Himself, to Recount a Little History
• Chapter XXIV: The Treasure
• Chapter XXV: The Marsh
• Chapter XXVI: Heart and Mind
• Chapter XXVII: The Next Day
• Chapter XXVIII: Contraband Merchandise
• Chapter XXIX: In Which d’Artagnan Begins to Fear the Investment of Planchet and Co. Might Be Lost
• Chapter XXX: The Stock of Planchet and Co. Rebounds
• Chapter XXXI: Monck Reveals Himself
• Chapter XXXII: How Athos and d’Artagnan Met Once More at the Hartshorn Inn
• Chapter XXXIII: The Audience
• Chapter XXXIV: The Embarrassment of Riches
• Chapter XXXV: On the Canal
• Chapter XXXVI: How d’Artagnan Drew, as if by Fairy Magic, a Country Estate from a Wooden Box
• Chapter XXXVII: How d’Artagnan Settled the Company’s Liabilities before Reckoning Its Assets
• Chapter XXXVIII: In Which We See that the French Grocer Was Already Well Established in the 17th Century
• Chapter XXXIX: Monsieur de Mazarin at His Games
• Chapter XL: An Affair of State
• Chapter XLI: The Report
• Chapter XLII: In Which Monsieur de Mazarin Becomes Extravagant
• Chapter XLIII: Guénaud
• Chapter XLIV: Colbert
• Chapter XLV: Confession of a Man of Means
• Chapter XLVI: The Bequest
• Chapter XLVII: How Anne of Austria Gave Louis XIV One Sort of Advice and Monsieur Fouquet Gave Him Another
• Chapter XLVIII: Agonies
• Chapter XLIX: Enter Colbert
• Chapter L: The First Day of the Reign of Louis XIV
• Historical Characters
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Notes on the Text of ‘Between Two Kings’
• Copyright