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The Forty-Five Guardsmen

by Alexandre DUMAS (1802 - 1870)

Monseigneur

The sequel to "Chicot the Jester" and final book of the "Valois Romances." This story begins six years after the famed "Duel of the Mignons" between the favorites of the courts of King Henry III and Henry the Duke of Guise (somewhat allied with the King's brother, Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alencon). Dumas concludes his historical fiction on the War of the Three Henries while (1) detailing the formation of the Forty-Five Guardsmen (who were to become the Musketeers), (2) following Chicot the Jester as he stays loyal to the failing regency of King Henry III, and (3) continuing the story of Diana (a principal character in the previous book). - Summary by jvanstan

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Listen next episodes of The Forty-Five Guardsmen:
Certainty , Doubt , Explanation , Fatality , Flight , French and Flemings , His Highness Monseigneur le Duc de Guise , How, after receiving news from the south, Henri received news from the north , How Aurilly executed the commission of the Duc d'Anjou , How King Henri III. did not invite Grillon to breakfast, and how Chicot invited himself , Le Cardinal de Joyeuse , Les hospitalieres , Monseigneur (continued) , News from Aurilly , One of the souvenirs of the Duc d'Anjou , Paul-Emile , Postscript , Showing how Chicot began to understand the purport of M. de Guise's letter , The Corne d'Abondance , The expedition , The husband and the lover , The journey , The travelers , The two brothers , The two companions , The water , Transfiguration , What happened in the little room