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The Forty-Five Guardsmen

by Alexandre DUMAS (1802 - 1870)

Red plume and white plume

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 a great lady loved in the year 1586 , 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 , How St. Maline entered into the Turret and what followed , Le Cardinal de Joyeuse , Les hospitalieres , Monseigneur , Monseigneur (continued) , News from Aurilly , One of the souvenirs of the Duc d'Anjou , Paul-Emile , Postscript , Preparations for battle , Showing how Chicot began to understand the purport of M. de Guise's letter , The Corne d'Abondance , The door opens , The expedition , The husband and the lover , The journey , The laboratory , The travelers , The two brothers , The two companions , The water , Transfiguration , What happened in the little room , What M. Francois, Duc d'Anjou, Duc de Brabant and Comte de Flanders was doing in Flanders , What was passing in the mysterious house