Alexandre Dumas - Vingt Ans Apres [CD]

Vingt ans après, or Twenty Years After, is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne. The story follows a series of events in France during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I. Through the words of the main characters, Dumas eventually sides with the monarchy, or at least the text praises the idea of benevolent royalty. His musketeers are valiant in their efforts to protect the aforementioned monarchs. The story is read here by Bernard Bollet.