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Twenty Years After
by Alexandre Dumas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press, c.1900. First edition thus. Undated. Illustrated Pocket Classics. Illustrated by F. C. Tilney. 712pp. Condition: Very Good.
Bound in original red cloth boards with title and decoration in gilt to the spine. Some fading to the spine and a little rubbing and bumping to the boards, but the binding is otherwise in smart condition. Inside, the pages are clean and bright and free from marks or damage save for a touch of toning.
In all, this is a very smart edition of this novel by Dumas. It was the sequel to the Three Musketeers, the second book in the D'Artagnan Romances. It follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of King Louis XIV, and in England towards the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I. Through his characters, Dumas praises the idea of benevolent royalty. His musketeers are valiant and just in their efforts to protect Louis XIV and Charles I from their attackers.
Synopsis
Twenty Years After is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. This sequel to The Three Musketeers and a book of the so-called D'Artagnan Romances (the third and last book being The Vicomte de Bragelonne, including the famous volume, The Man in the Iron Mask) was serialized from January to August, 1845.
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- Bookseller
- Everlasting Editions
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 883
- Title
- Twenty Years After
- Author
- Alexandre Dumas
- Illustrator
- F. C. Tilney
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Illustrated Pocket Classics
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c.1900
- Pages
- 712pp.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- alexandre, alex, alexander, dumas, lytton, devereux, harrison, ainsworth, old, st, paul, romance, three, musketeers, twenty, years, after, man, iron, mask, louis, king, corrupt, adventure, action, history, historical, bastille, philippe, vintage, collins,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated; Literature Firsts; Historical; Collins' Illustrated Pocket Classics;
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