Ten Years Later

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Read Books Ltd, Jun 29, 2015 - Fiction - 814 pages
This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's historical novel "Ten Years Later". Serialised between 1847 and 1850, this is the second instalment of the final episode in the d'Artagnan Romances. Set between 1660 and 1667, it chronicles Louis XIV's metamorphosis from juvenile monarch to Sun King. A veritably thrilling romantic romp in seventeenth century France, "Ten Years Later" constitutes a must-read for fans of Dumas's seminal work, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was a famous French writer. He is best remembered for his exciting romantic sagas, including "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". Despite making a great deal of money from his writing, Dumas was almost perpetually penniless thanks to his decidedly extravagant lifestyle. His novels have been translated into nearly a hundred different languages, and have inspired over 200 motion pictures. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing this antiquarian book in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Le Havre
At
The Tents
Night
From Le Havre to Paris
An Account of what the Chevalier de Lorraine Thought of Madame
A Surprise for Raoul
The Consent of Athos
Monsieur Becomes Jealous of the Duke of Buckingham
Forever
King Louis XIV does not think Mademoiselle de la Valliere either rich enough or pretty enough for a Gentleman of the Rank of the Vicomte de Brag...
SwordThrusts in the Water
SwordThrusts in the Water concluded
Baisemeaux de Montlezun
The Kings CardTable
M Baisemeaux de Montlezuns Accounts
The Breakfast at Monsieur de Baisemeauxs
The Second Floor of la Bertaudiere
The Two Friends
Madame de Bellieres Plate
The Dowry
Le Terrain de Dieu
Threefold Love
M de Lorraines Jealousy
Monsieur is Jealous of Guiche
The Mediator
The Kings Uneasiness
The Kings Secret
What Is Said
Courses de Nuit
In Which Madame Acquires a Proof that Listeners Hear
Aramiss Correspondence
The Orderly Clerk
Fontainebleau at Two oClock in the Morning
The Labyrinth
How Malicorne Had Been Turned Out of the Hotel of the Beau Paon
What Actually Occurred at the Inn Called the Beau Paon
A Jesuit of the Eleventh Year
The State Secret
A Mission
Happy as a Prince
Story of a Dryad and a Naiad
Conclusion of the Story of a Naiad and of a Dryad
Royal Psychology
Something That neither Naiad nor Dryad Foresaw
The New General of the Jesuits
The Storm
The Shower of Rain
Toby
Madames Four Chances
The Lottery
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About the author (2015)

After an idle youth, Alexandre Dumas went to Paris and spent some years writing. A volume of short stories and some farces were his only productions until 1927, when his play Henri III (1829) became a success and made him famous. It was as a storyteller rather than a playwright, however, that Dumas gained enduring success. Perhaps the most broadly popular of French romantic novelists, Dumas published some 1,200 volumes during his lifetime. These were not all written by him, however, but were the works of a body of collaborators known as "Dumas & Co." Some of his best works were plagiarized. For example, The Three Musketeers (1844) was taken from the Memoirs of Artagnan by an eighteenth-century writer, and The Count of Monte Cristo (1845) from Penchet's A Diamond and a Vengeance. At the end of his life, drained of money and sapped by his work, Dumas left Paris and went to live at his son's villa, where he remained until his death.

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