Louis, finally growing into a decisive ruler, also accepts an offer relayed by Athos from Charles II to marry Louis' brother Philippe I, Duke of Orléans to Charles' sister Henrietta Anne Stuart.ĭ'Artagnan confirms that Belle Île is being fortified and the architect ostensibly in charge is Porthos, though the drawings show the handwriting of Aramis, who is now the bishop of Vannes. Louis persuades d'Artagnan to re-enter his service, and tasks him to investigate Belle Île, promising him a substantial salary and promotion to Captain of the King's Musketeers on his return. He brings to the king's attention that Fouquet is fortifying his fief of Belle Île secretly. Colbert has an intense hatred for his superior the king's Superintendent of Finances, Nicolas Fouquet, and tries to bring about his fall.
In France, Cardinal Mazarin has died, leaving Louis to assume power with Jean-Baptiste Colbert as his finance minister. With their assistance Charles II is restored to the throne and d'Artagnan is rewarded richly. He resolves to aid the exiled Charles II to retake the throne of England, unaware that Athos is attempting the same. Part One: The Vicomte of Bragelonne (Chapters 1–93) Īfter 35 years of loyal service, d'Artagnan resigns as captain of the Musketeers as he perceives the young king Louis XIV as weak-willed. The narrative is set between 16 against the background of the transformation of Louis XIV from child monarch to Sun King. The novel's length finds it frequently broken into smaller parts. The principal heroes of the novel are the musketeers. Set in the 1660s and concerned with the early reign of Louis XIV, the novel has been called an "origins" story of the King, "a tale about the education of a young man who went on to rule for over 70 years and become one of France's most beloved monarchs." Naturally, in a novel about Dumas' musketeers, the characters play an important role in Louis' education. In four-volume editions volume names remain except that Louise de la Vallière and The Man in the Iron Mask move from second and third volumes to third and fourth, with Ten Years Later becoming the second volume. Each volume is roughly the length of the original The Three Musketeers (1844). In three-volume English editions the volumes are entitled The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Vallière, and The Man in the Iron Mask. In the English translations, the 268 chapters of this large volume are usually subdivided into three, but sometimes four or even six individual books. It appeared first in serial form between 18. It is the third and last of The d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard ) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas.
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