Twenty Years Later (Set of Volumes 1 and 2) (World Famous Translation Database Alexandre Dumas Collection)

"Twenty Years Later" is the sequel to Alexandre Dumas's famous work "The Three Musketeers". Together with "The Three Musketeers" and "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", they form the "D'Artagnan Trilogy". The novel uses the Fronde movement from 1648 to 1649 as the historical background and basic framework. While faithfully recording and reproducing major historical events, the novel successfully intersperses legendary stories. The protagonists in the novel are still D'Artagnan and his three friends, Porthos, Athos and Aramis in "The Three Musketeers". When the Fronde movement occurred, D'Artagnan and Porthos served Prime Minister Mazarin, while Athos and Aramis sided with the Fronde. The two sides were unable to cooperate, but they remained as loyal to their friendship as before, united closely, and worked together to rescue King Charles I of England at a critical moment, and then foiled Mazarin's conspiracy with wit and courage. In the twists and turns of the story, the whole work gives people a sense of climax after another, which is exciting and soul-stirring.