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What happens to old friendships when a young king wants all the power?
In The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet bring the musketeers into a changing France. D'Artagnan serves as captain, still waiting for proper reward. Athos raises his son Raoul away from court. Aramis pursues greater influence, while Porthos longs for a title to match his wealth.
Louis the Fourteenth wants to rule alone, and royal favour carries a dangerous weight. Raoul loves Louise de la Valliere, but she is caught in the glare of the king's attention. Around them, a dying cardinal, an exiled English king and rival ambitions draw old friends into new tests of loyalty.
What you’ll discover
- Old friends, divided loyalties Follow four companions whose different hopes put their trust in one another under strain.
- Love beneath royal eyes Enter Raoul and Louise's tender story, where childhood devotion meets the pressures of court.
- Splendour with a cost Meet Nicolas Fouquet, whose generosity and lavish display make him dangerous enemies.
- Honour against ambition Explore what loyalty demands when service to friends and service to power pull apart.
- Intrigue that keeps moving Move through short, swift scenes of swordplay, secret plans and courtly games.
Who will love it
For readers who love historical adventure, loyal friendships and court intrigue, with swords, royal ambition and a love story that tests honour and trust.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Old friends scatter as a new age begins
- A stubborn captain restores a banished king
- A cardinal dies and a young king claims power
- Raoul loves Louise and trusts her promise
- The court plays games that hide real feelings
- Fouquet's splendour makes dangerous enemies
- Aramis and Porthos follow a secret design
- Honour, friendship and power pull in different directions
- A long serial story told with wit and speed
Who’s who
- D'ArtagnanThe Gascon captain of the king's musketeers, clever and loyal, who wants proper reward for years of service and a clear conscience.
- AthosThe Comte de la Fere, a grave and honourable nobleman who lives quietly and wants nothing more than his son's happiness.
- PorthosThe big, generous, vain baron who trusts his friends completely and longs for a noble title to match his fortune.
- AramisThe Bishop of Vannes, smooth and secretive, who pursues a hidden plan and a far greater place in the world.
- Raoul, Vicomte de BragelonneAthos's gentle and brave son, who loves Louise de la Valliere and serves the king with an open heart.
- Louise de la ValliereA shy young woman at court, loved by Raoul since childhood, who is caught in the glare of royal attention.
- Louis the FourteenthThe young king who takes power into his own hands and wants to be master of his court and kingdom.
- Nicolas FouquetThe generous superintendent of finances, patron of artists, whose splendour makes him enemies at court.
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The Vicomte de Bragelonne
by Alexandre Dumas; Auguste Maquet · 1847
At the court of a king who wants to rule alone, four old friends face loyalties pulled apart by love and ambition.
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The Vicomte de Bragelonne is the last and longest of the d'Artagnan novels by Alexandre Dumas, written with his collaborator Auguste Maquet. It first appeared in French newspaper installments between 1847 and 1850.
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Old friends scatter as a new age begins
The story opens around 1660. The wars of the Fronde, which tore France apart in the earlier novels, are over, and the old companions have gone their separate ways. Each has been shaped by what he wanted from life and by what life gave him. Dumas takes his time with them, because the novel depends on how much we already care.
Athos, the Comte de la Fere, lives on his estate near Blois. He is calm, grave and generous, and he has put his whole heart into raising Raoul, the young Vicomte de Bragelonne. The boy is brave, polite and devoted to his father. Athos hopes that Raoul will have the happiness that he himself lost long ago.
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What is The Vicomte de Bragelonne about?
It follows d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis in the early reign of Louis the Fourteenth. They face a changing court, a rivalry between Colbert and Fouquet, and a love story involving Athos's son Raoul.
Do I need to read The Three Musketeers first?
It helps a great deal. Bragelonne is the third d'Artagnan novel, after The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. The friendships, old debts and past quarrels of the four heroes carry much of its feeling.
Who is the Vicomte de Bragelonne?
He is Raoul, the young son of Athos, the Comte de la Fere. He is brave and gentle, and he loves Louise de la Valliere, a girl he has known since childhood.
The author
Alexandre Dumas
1802–1870 · French novelist and playwright
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was a French novelist and playwright. He was born in Villers-Cotterêts, lived in Paris, and died in Puys, near Dieppe. He wrote The Three Musketeers (1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1844–1846), Twenty Years After (1845), and The Black Tulip (1850).
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