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Author: R. A. Dodson Publisher: ISBN: 9781955073004 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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He should be dead a dozen times over. Evidently, fate has other plans.The year is 1631, and France lies in ruins after five long years under a devastating Curse. Its only hope-the magical bloodlines of a deposed queen in hiding, hunted by her enemies.Fleeing the carnage in Gascony, Charles d'Artagnan abandons the ashes of his former life to seek better opportunities in Paris. With his land gone and his family among the countless dead, he has nothing left to lose and little to gain beyond mere survival.Magic-once a useful tool for those rare individuals who still possess it-has become a weapon of incomparable power and destructiveness employed by France's bitter rival, Spain. With Louis XIII dead and a Spanish pretender seated on the throne, the country's future appears bleak.As one faceless refugee among many, d'Artagnan never expected to hold Europe's destiny balanced in his hands. He certainly never expected to be welcomed into an elite guard protecting France's one and only hope-a widowed queen wielding the same power as her enemies.But Anne of Austria's magic will be wasted unless d'Artagnan can help her stay one step ahead of the assassins nipping at her heels. Ultimately, he and his comrades must return her to the belly of the beast itself, confronting the very forces that have pushed France to the brink of destruction.The Mage Queen can't do it alone. But with the help of d'Artagnan and her loyal musketeers, France may still have a fighting chance.
Author: R. A. Dodson Publisher: ISBN: 9781955073004 Category : Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
He should be dead a dozen times over. Evidently, fate has other plans.The year is 1631, and France lies in ruins after five long years under a devastating Curse. Its only hope-the magical bloodlines of a deposed queen in hiding, hunted by her enemies.Fleeing the carnage in Gascony, Charles d'Artagnan abandons the ashes of his former life to seek better opportunities in Paris. With his land gone and his family among the countless dead, he has nothing left to lose and little to gain beyond mere survival.Magic-once a useful tool for those rare individuals who still possess it-has become a weapon of incomparable power and destructiveness employed by France's bitter rival, Spain. With Louis XIII dead and a Spanish pretender seated on the throne, the country's future appears bleak.As one faceless refugee among many, d'Artagnan never expected to hold Europe's destiny balanced in his hands. He certainly never expected to be welcomed into an elite guard protecting France's one and only hope-a widowed queen wielding the same power as her enemies.But Anne of Austria's magic will be wasted unless d'Artagnan can help her stay one step ahead of the assassins nipping at her heels. Ultimately, he and his comrades must return her to the belly of the beast itself, confronting the very forces that have pushed France to the brink of destruction.The Mage Queen can't do it alone. But with the help of d'Artagnan and her loyal musketeers, France may still have a fighting chance.
Author: Roger MacDonald Publisher: ISBN: 9781903499528 Category : Adultery Languages : en Pages : 298
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The French Queen, Anne of Austria, gives her lover, the irresistible duke of Buckingham, a fabulous diamond necklace. Louis XII commands his Queen to wear the necklace at the royal ball. Three musketeers begin desperate race to England and back to retrieve the necklace from Buckingham and save the Queen's honour. But the Duke's jealous mistress, Lucy Percy, steals two of the diamonds and takes them to the Queen's enemy, Cardinal Richelieu. Oxford historian Roger Macdonald uncovers the true, extraordinary tale of intrigue, sex and revenge that inspired Alexandre Duma’s immortal novel.
Author: Alexandre Dumas Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101201525 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 899
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"We read The Three Musketeers to experience a sense of romance and for the sheer excitement of the story," reflected Clifton Fadiman. "In these violent pages all is action, intrigue, suspense, surprise--an almost endless chain of duels, murders, love affairs, unmaskings, ambushes, hairbreadth escapes, wild rides. It is all impossible and it is all magnificent." First published in 1844, Alexandre Dumas's swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of D'Artagnan, a gallant young nobleman who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to join the ranks of musketeers guarding Louis XIII. He soon finds himself fighting alongside three heroic comrades--Athos, Porthos, and Aramis--who seek to uphold the honor of the king by foiling the wicked plots of Cardinal Richelieu and the beautiful spy "Milady." "Dumas will be read a hundred, nay, three hundred years on," wrote John Galsworthy. "His greatest creation is undoubtedly D'Artagnan, type at once of the fighting adventurer and of the trusty servant, whose wily blade is ever at the back of those whose hearts have neither his magnanimity nor his courage. Few, if any, characters in fiction inspire one with such belief in their individual existences. . . . To one who made D'Artagnan all shall be forgiven." Clifton Fadiman agreed: "Dumas enjoyed writing his stories. . . . The pleasure he must have felt in creating D'Artagnan's troubles and triumphs flashes out of these pages. . . . Dumas rampaged through the history of France, inventing, changing, distorting--doing whatever was needed to produce a tale to hold the reader breathless."
Author: Sarah D'Almeida Publisher: Berkley ISBN: 9780425212929 Category : Adventure stories Languages : en Pages : 0
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Alexandre Dumas's Four Musketeers--the noble Athos, the cunning Aramis, the loyal Porthos, and sharp-witted D'Artagnan--now add murder and mystery to their ranks as swashbuckling sleuths in the court of King Louis XIII. Original.
Author: Joanne Harris Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1446452050 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 593
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The squabbling Norse gods and goddesses of Runemarks are back! And there's a feisty new heroine on the scene: Maggie, a girl the same age as Maddy but brought up a world apart - literally, in World's End, the focus of the Order in which Maddy was raised. Now the Order is destroyed, Chaos is filling the vacuum left behind... and is breaching the everyday world. A chilling prophecy from the Oracle. A conflict between two girls. And with just twelve days to stave off the Apocalypse, carnage is about to be unleashed . . .
Author: Ken Ludwig Publisher: Samuel French, Inc. ISBN: 0573652287 Category : France Languages : en Pages : 137
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This adaptation is based on the timeless swashbuckler by Alexandre Dumas, a tale of heroism, treachery, close escapes and above all, honor. The story, set in 1625, begins with d¿Artagnan who sets off for Paris in search of adventure. Along with d¿Artagnan goes Sabine, his sister, the quintessential tomboy. Sent with d¿Artagnan to attend a convent school in Paris, she poses as a young man ¿ d¿Artagnan¿s servant ¿ and quickly becomes entangled in her brother¿s adventures. Soon after reaching Paris, d¿Artagnan encounters the greatest heroes of the day, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, the famous musketeers, and he joins forces with his heroes to defend the honor of the Queen of France. In so doing, he finds himself in opposition to the most dangerous man in Europe, Cardinal Richelieu. Even more deadly is the infamous Countess de Winter, known as Milady, who will stop at nothing to revenge herself on d¿Artagnan ¿ and Sabine ¿ for their meddlesome behavior. Little does Milady know that the young girl she scorns, Sabine, will ultimately save the day.
Author: Alexandre Dumas Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486144399 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 98
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Swashbuckling novel of D'Artagnan and his three friends — Athos, Porthos and Aramis — three musketeers in the service of King Louis XIII.
Author: Alexandre Dumas Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 536
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One of the preeminent novels by French writer Alexandre Dumas, this swashbuckling tale follows a group of honorable 17th-century swordsmen who must contend with powerful adversaries scheming against the queen. Determined to join the royal guard, young d'Artagnan leaves his country home and travels to Paris, where he unintentionally angers Aramis, Athos, and Porthos, the esteemed Three Musketeers. Eventually winning the trust and admiration of the formidable trio of fighters, d'Artagnan joins them in their quest to thwart the plans of the sinister Cardinal Richelieu.
Author: Alexandre Dumas Publisher: Wildside Press LLC ISBN: 1479409707 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 347
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Written in 1847, while Dumas was at the height of his powers, this play recounts the events leading up to the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre of the French Huguenots--and the subsequent death of King Charles IX. The playwright focuses on the people inadvertently caught up in the slaughter--which, once started, cannot be repressed. By following the fate of two nobles, the Catholic Count Coconnas and the Huguenot Count de la Mole, and linking their stories to Queen Marguerite (called Margot), wife in name only to the Huguenot King of Navarre (the future King Henry IV of France), Dumas reveals the terror and duplicity that the massacre incurred even at the highest levels of society--including the royal family. Despite its length, the story moves quickly and with great force. One of Dumas's best historical narratives!
Author: R. A. Dodson
Author: R. A. Dodson
Author: Roger MacDonald
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Author: Sarah D'Almeida
Author: Joanne Harris
Author: Ken Ludwig
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Author: Alexandre Dumas
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