Twenty Years After (The DArtagnan Romances, #2)

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At this game, whoever does not kill is killed Twenty Years After 1845 , the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil. Download Twenty Years After (The DArtagnan Romances, #2) by Alexandre Dumas – kino-fada.fr This sequel to The Three Musketeers is the thinking man s Blues Brothers, a getting the band back together tale that is set where such stories should be set among friends in their forties and fifties, still vigorous in decline, constrained by the comforts and commitments of middle age Hollywood, for the last quarter century, has preferred grumpy old _____ movies fill in the blank, astronauts, spies, mobsters, etc , but such heroes in retirement offer few interesting challenges l This sequel to The Three Musketeers is the thinking man s Blues Brothers, a getting the band back together tale that is set where such stories should be set among friends in their forties and fifties, still vigorous in decline, constrained by the comforts and commitments of m...Wow Just wow I loved The Three Musketeers, but if anything I think that this was even better Twenty Years After is the second installment in the Musketeers tale one that continues into a third part, Ten Years Later , which is normally split itself into three, the last of which is The Man in teh Iron Mask That might be because I didn t already know the story, but I think it was also because there s now a world weariness about the four heroes All now in their forties, they re almost Wow Just wow I loved The Three Musketeers, but if anything I think that this was even better Twenty Years After is the second installment in the Musketeers tale one that continues into a third part, Ten Years Later , which is normally spl...in un matrimonio, i vent anni oltre a equivalere matematicamente alla pena dell ergastolo scontata di un terzo come funziona davanti alla legge nei casi di patteggiamento e la cosa dovrebbe far riflettere sono da taluni festeggiati come nozze di cristallo che, a dirla proprio tutta, come metafora materica trasmette una certa qual impressione di fragilit spunto di rifless...Bello, bello, bello Sebbene pi malinconico e, forse, un po meno rocambolesco de I tre moschettieri, ritrovo qui i miei eroi invecchiati, maturi, ma sempre forti e tenaci Dopo una partenza in sordina, finalmente i quattro amici indissolubili si ritrovano, anche se su lati opposti della barricata Confesso che mi sono commossa di fronte a questa amicizia cos profonda da superare le divergenze politiche l affetto degli uni verso gli altri, messo spesso a dura prova, ne esce indenne Ecco perc Bello, bello, bello Sebbene pi malinconico e, forse, un po meno rocambolesco de I tre moschettieri, ritrovo qui i miei eroi invecchiati, maturi, ma sempre forti e tenaci Dopo una part...I have only two enduring memories of this book.The first is waiting at a supermarket, with the shopping on the belt, reaching into the pocket of my grey overcoat and discovering this book there, were I had plainly put it for safe keeping and then forgot about it It was a small library book, possibly an old Everyman edition, and luckily I was then still young enough that I didn t have to pay library fines for late returned books So I was able to enjoy the pure joy of escaping the eternity of tw I have only two enduring memories of this book.The first is waiting at a supermarket, with the shopping on the belt, reaching into the po...No one ever talks about Twenty Years After, and it s hard to find out it exists unless you re looking forinformation on the Three Musketeers I think the main reason behind this is just its bulk It s a huge volume, and it is pretty daunting thinking you will be able to get through all those pages However, it is still paced very well, and there is a lot of action here Twenty Years after is muchcharacter driven than Three Musketeers, and the emotional connection you feel to the char No one ever talks about Twenty Years After, and it s hard to find out it exists unless you re looking forinformation on the Three Musketeers I think the main reason behind this is just its bulk It...A differenza del primo libro del ciclo, I tre moschettieri, non conoscevo la storia di questo bellissimo romanzo e questo, per certi versi, me lo ha fatto apprezzare ancora di pi.Le rivalit politiche, nella Francia in lotta tra monarchia e Fronda, dividono anche i nostri quattro eroi che avevamo lasciato vent anni prima.Sono infatti passati vent anni dal loro primo incontro, ma la generosit , il coraggio e l astuzia non sono certo invecchiati Sar l Amicizia a riunirli ancora, rendendoli invi A differenza del primo libro del ciclo, I tre moschettieri, non conoscevo la storia ...This book pales in comparison to The Three Musketeers only because Mordaunt is a much less interesting villain than his mother, Milady Again, it would not be too difficult to twist this story so that Mordaunt becomes no villain at all His goal is simply to avenge the murder of his mother To that end he stabs a man who was already dying, he kills another of the murderers on a field of battle, and he tries to blow up the remaining four In his mind, he s simply trying to get for himself the jus This book pales in comparison to The Three Musketeers only because Mordaunt is a much less interesting villain than his mother, Milady Again, it would not be too difficult to twist this story so that Mordaunt becomes no villain at all His goal is simply to avenge the murder of his mother To that end he stabs a man who was already dying, he kills another of the murderers on a field of battle, and he tries to blow up the remaining four In his mind, he s simply trying to get for himself the justice that the world denies him That s not much different than what the Musketeers did to Milady at the end of the first book But even with this moral ambiguity, Mordaunt is neither as interesting, nor as fun as Milady.I loved the treatment of royalty in this book The Musketeers are fierce royalists Athos and Aramis have learned to distinguish the office of royalty from the person wields t...Better than Three Musketeers Characters are muchdeveloped and fleshed out and mature More mature and thought provoking themes Loved reading every minute of it Not one dull moment in all its 800 pages I love Dumas sense of humor d Artagnan and Porthos really stood out so muchin this one, witty and truly humorous I really enjoy laughing at true wit in a book It makes me feel happy Dumas plays with history quite a bit and these can t be quite called historical in a true s Better than Three Musketeers Characters are muchdeveloped and fleshed out and mature More mature and thought provoking themes Loved reading every minute of it Not one dull moment in all its 800 pages I love Dumas sense of humor ...Existe acaso un hombre que pudiendo pedir no pida Existe el conde de la F re pero el conde de la F re no es hombre Pues qu es Un semidi s, se ora Fue una buena aventura aunque quiz s no tan intensa como Los tres Mosqueteros sobre todo por los enemigos y el resultado final de sus andanzas Claro que ha sido muy divertido encontrarse nuevamente con Athos, ahora Conde la F re, Porthos, se or de Vallon y Aramis caballero d Herblay Nuevamente Dumas introduce a los personajes en los hechos Existe acaso un hombre que pudiendo pedir no pida Existe el conde de la F re pero el conde de la F re no es hombre Pues qu es Un semidi s, se ora Fue una buena aventura aunque quiz s no...

Twenty Years After (The DArtagnan Romances, #2)
  • English
  • 11 August 2018
  • Paperback
  • 788 pages
  • 0192838431
  • Alexandre Dumas
  • Twenty Years After (The DArtagnan Romances, #2)