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Louise de la Valliere
Alexandre Dumas
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It is early summer, 1661, and the royal court of France is in turmoil. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess d'Orleans? Or has his eye been caught by the sweet and gentle Louise de la Valliere? No one is more anxious to know the answer than Raoul, son of Athos, who loves Louise more than life itself. Behind the scenes, dark intrigues are afoot. Louis XIV is intent on making himself absolute master of France. Imminent crisis shakes the now ageing Musketeers and d'Artagnan out of their complacent retirement, but is the cause just?
It is early summer, 1661, and the royal court of France is in turmoil. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess d'Orleans? Or has his eye been caught by the sweet and gentle Louise de la Valliere? No one is more anxious to know the answer than Raoul, son of Athos, who loves Louise more than life itself. Behind the scenes, dark intrigues are afoot. Louis XIV is intent on making himself absolute master of France. Imminent crisis shakes the now ageing Musketeers and d'Artagnan out of their complacent retirement, but is the cause just?
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At this moment some of the younger courtiers were crossing the apartment, and having already heard the few words which had just been pronounced, were able also to hear those which were about to follow. De Wardes observed this, and continued aloud:—"Oh! if La Valliere were a coquette like Madame, whose innocent flirtations, I am sure, were, first of all, the cause of the Duke of Buckingham being sent back to England, and afterwards were the reason of your being sent into exile; for you will not deny, I suppose, that Madame's pretty ways really had a certain influence over you?"
The courtiers drew nearer to the speakers, Saint-Aignan at their head, and then Manicamp.
"But, my dear fellow, whose fault was that?" said De Guiche, laughing. "I am a vain, . . . Read More
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This is the fifth delivery of the Three Musketeers saga. Masterly written. Much of the story has to do with the romance of Louise. Athos, Porthos, Aramis and of course the brave and bold D'Artagnan come and go throughout all the book. The end is a cliffhanger, so I'll just start The Man in the Iron
The Oxford World's Classics Edition, edited, introduced, annotated, etc., by David Coward. The fourth installment of the Three Musketeers saga does not really feature those heroes. Athos is all but unmentioned; Porthos and Aramis play important roles but briefly, and d'Artagnan is seen sporadically.
I’m reading the 4 part edition of this last book of the musketeers and it’s evident that this last book has “two” stories: The old generation political stuff and the new generation love affairs. Dumas focused a little bit more on the young characters on the 2nd and 3rd parts which I founded a little
Woof! The tale of the Musketeers comes to a screeching halt with this installment. They should retitle this bad boy Louis XIV Steals A Dumb Little Girl.
The Musketeers take a back seat to the ol' Sun King as he steals Raul's girlfriend. That one sentence sums up a twenty hour read. There are other th
This was probably my least favorite in the series of the D'Artagnan Romances. I didn't like any of the main characters. They mostly got on my nerves with all their gossip and selfish lifestyles. The main musketeers are almost completely unmentioned. I've never liked Raoul that much so even his part