A very good sequel to The Three Muskateers. Enjoyment of the book depends on how well you remember the original. ( )

Vingt ans ont passé, les quatre amis, perdus de vue, se retrouvent, mais ils sont séparés par la politique : deux sont pour Mazarin, les deux autres du parti du Roi, car c'est la Fronde. mais ils se retrouveront au cours d'aventures extraordinaires qui les mèneront en Angleterre, au moment où ce pays déchiré par la guerre civile va décapiter son roi. Ils sont poursuivis par un implacable ennemi, fantôme surgi de leur passé. Encore plus vibrant, passionnant, galopant que "les trois mousquetaires" !! ( )

1199. Twenty Years After, by Alexandre Dumas (read 25 Nov 1972) This is the great sequel to The Three Musketeers. It takes them up in 1648, and includes the effort by the heroes to save Charles I, with Athos, just under the scaffold, hearing Charles I's last private message. They capture Cardinal Mazarin, and extract favorable terms . The entire fantastic story is laid in the time of the first Fronde, and concludes in 1649. This is just an adventure story and is not really serious literature. But it is better written than the Rover Boys and I devoured the book with avidity. ( )

Illustrated with a frontispiece in photogravure, each illustration has tissue guard printed with caption. Very attractive binding in black cloth with floral decoration on covers and spines in light green and orange. Spine titles are gold, most very bright, a few slightly rubbed.

The sequel to The Three Musketeers doesn't have quite such an exciting plot and lags a bit in places. But, saying that, there's a prison break, civil war, the execution of a king, explosions, midnight flights, murder, politics, love and humour.

No, this isn't as good as The Three Musketeers, but it's still very, very good. ( )