Twenty Years After, Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After, Alexandre Dumas
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Twenty Years After

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 27 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/13/2009

Synopsis

Originally published in 1845 as a sequel to The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.Two decades have passed since the three 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.

About Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), French novelist and playwright, was one of the most famous and prolific French writers of the nineteenth century, producing some 250 books. He is best known for his historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, and he was among the first authors to fully exploit the possibilities of the serial novel. He is credited with revitalizing the historical novel in France. His riveting, fast-paced adventure tales that blend history and fiction have been adapted into nearly 200 films. His last unfinished last novel, The Last Cavalier,  lost to historians for 125 years, was completed in 2005 and quickly became a best seller.

About Frederick Davidson

Frederick Davidson (1932–2005), also known as David Case, was one of the most prolific readers in the audiobook industry, recording more than eight hundred audiobooks in his lifetime, including over two hundred for Blackstone Audio. Born in London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed for many years in radio plays for the British Broadcasting Company before coming to America in 1976. He received AudioFile’s Golden Voice Award and numerous Earphones Awards and was nominated for a Grammy for his readings.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on February 25, 2020

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. Hollywoo......more

Goodreads review by Djali on December 26, 2024

Straordinario! Un romanzo storico pieno di avventure, colpi di scena, personaggi ben delineati. Scene dall’ilarità unica che tengono vivo il ritmo della lettura. Ho amato il buffo Mosqueton, Athos con la sua saggezza, D’Artagnan con la sua incredibile perspicacia. Ogni personaggio di questo libro è u......more

Goodreads review by Jesús on January 15, 2020

"-¿Existe acaso un hombre que pudiendo pedir no pida? -Existe el conde de la Fère; pero el conde de la Fère no es hombre -¿Pues qué es? -Un semidiós, señora" Fue una buena aventura aunque quizás no tan intensa como "Los tres Mosqueteros" sobre todo por los enemigos y el resultado final de sus andanzas.......more

Goodreads review by wutheringhheights_ on September 01, 2019

Il secondo capitolo delle avventure dei moschettieri si apre vent'anni dopo; i nostri eroi li ritroviamo uno dopo l'altro, in forma smagliante, e non c'è niente di meglio che incontrare ancora personaggi così meravigliosi. Come spesso ripete l'autore, i quattro uomini sono dotati di una tempra fuori......more

Quotes

“Good fun!” Sunday Telegraph (London)

“Dumas never stints the action, witty dialogue, and surprising plot developments. As gradually grows clear, his overriding theme is loyalty—to friends, family and party but, above all, to living by a principled code of honor in a debased and chaotic world. If you only know The Three Musketeers, you owe yourself the pleasure of spending some happy evenings with Twenty Years After. Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D’Artagnan may be older and their hair starting to gray, but they’ve lost none of their romance and grandeur.” Washington Post

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