Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers (1844) and precedes the 18471850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot Man in the Iron Mask ). In his Introduction to this edition David Coward sets both the author and his exciting tale in their historical and cultural contexts.ĪBOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Twenty Years After ( French: Vingt ans aprs) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. With the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle

Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Twenty Years After (Oxford Worlds Classics):. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Twenty Years After (1845), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure. Buy Twenty Years After (Oxford Worlds Classics) Reissue by Dumas (père), Alexandre, Coward, David (ISBN: 9780199537266) from Amazons Book Store.

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