![]() 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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