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It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the heart of Louise de la Valliere. D'Artagnan, meanwhile, is perplexed by a mysterious stranger, and soon he learns that his old comrades already have great projects in hand.

Twenty years later, time has weakened the resolve of the Musketeers and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England, Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.

One for all and all for one! Crossed swords, intrigue, romance, and swashbuckling adventure accompany literature's most famous swordsmen as they set off on an action-packed journey to save nothing less than the throne of France.

The last years of King Charles IX's reign in France were dominated by religious wars between Catholics and Protestants. Queen Margot begins in 1572 with the marriage of Marguerite de Valois to Henri de Navarre. Marguerite is King Charles' sister and the daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, all firm Catholics. Henri de Navarre is a Protestant who later will become the beloved King Henri IV. Several important political events have led up to this marriage including the mysterious murder of Henri de Navarre's mother, cleverly plotted by Catherine de Medici. The wedding brings noblemen from all over the world to Paris resulting in the notorious Saint Bartholomew Massacre, where thousands of Protestants are killed. In this inventive and compelling novel, Dumas brings an extraordinary period of history vividly to life with much excitement and romance. The lively prose and wonderfully constructed plot tell of court intrigues and forbidden love, of beautiful queens, duchesses, and noblemen, suspense, conspiracies, betrayals, assassinations, superstitions, poisonings, and sumptuous feasts. With well-known historical figures as main characters in a dangerous and breathtaking game for power, Queen Margot tells of conspiracies, clandestine trysts, and daring escapes. There is the infamous Catherine de Medici, deliciously evil, constantly plotting and poisoning; Le Mole, a dashing and irresistable young Protestant who becomes Marguerite's lover; the noble Coconnos who provides a great source of comic relief; and at the center of all this intrigue are the good-hearted Marguerite and Henri who are perfect political allies with complicated and fascinating love lives.

Dashing young Edmond Dantès has everything: a fine reputation, an appointment as captain of a ship, and the heart of a beautiful woman. But his perfect life is shattered when three jealous friends conspire to destroy him. Falsely accused of a political crime, Dantès is locked away for life in the infamous Chateau d'If prison. But it is there that Dantès learns of a vast hidden treasure.

This historical romance, perhaps the greatest cloak-and-sword story ever, relates the adventures of four fictional swashbuckling heroes who served the French kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV. When the dashing young D'Artagnon arrives in Paris from Gascony, he becomes embroiled in three duels with the Three Musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. But when he proves himself by fighting not against, but with, the Three Musketeers, they form a quick and lasting friendship.

In The Three Musketeers, one of the greatest adventure stories ever written, we follow the fortunes of the dashing young swordsman D'Artagnan and his daredevil companions Athos, Aramis, and Porthos. As the thrilling story unfolds, "The Four" find themselveds embroiled in duels, love tangles, and sinister intrigues which threaten the furtue of the king, the queen, and France herself.

The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of revenge and retribution. Edmond Dantes, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated in the forbidding Chateau d'If prison. His escape and ultimate revenge on those who wronged him makes this one of the most thrilling stories in French literature, as compelling now as when it was first published in 1846.

The Man in the Iron Mask continues the adventures of the dauntless heroes of The Three Musketeers - Aramis, Athos, Porthos and d'Artagnan. In old age their swashbuckling ought to have been replaced by a more gentle way of life, but the veteran warriors find themselves at the center of a plot in which both hearts and heads are broken, and the very throne of France is at stake.

On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason, trumped up by jealous rivals. Incarcerated for many lonely years in the isolated and terrifying Chateau d'If near Marseille, he meticulously plans his brilliant escape and extraordinary revenge.

Louis XIII had to be a Solomon. His queen produced twin male heirs - two sons of equal age with equal pretensions. Louis feared for France. One prince means peace and safety for the state, two are a recipe for civil war and anarchy. One son had to go. Louis could not kill him, but he could hide him in an iron mask. Such is the quality of paternal mercy.

Set during the reign of Louis XIII (1610-43) and based on actual events, The Three Musketeers is perhaps the greatest "cloak and sword" story ever written. Three Musketeers, loyal servants of the King, are joined by the dashing D'Artagnan, a veritable Byronic hero. These four are pitted against the master of intrigue, Cardinal Richelieu, and the quintessential wicked woman, Lady de Winter. Dumas was quite expert in pacing and varying action while weaving historical fact with purest fiction.

A Marsiglia Edmond incontra Mercedes (che aveva appena salutato il figlio Albert in partenza per l'Africa). I due parlano a lungo: Mercedes non odia l'uomo che ha davanti, anzi rimprovera sé stessa per le scelte sbagliate che ha fatto. Le strade dei due, un tempo giovani e felicemente innamorati, si dividono per sempre. La morte inaspettata di Édouard, il figlio di Villefort, fa però sorgere in Edmond dei dubbi sulla sua opera di 'giustiziere divino'.

Héloise (la seconda moglie di Villefort) vuole concludere il suo piano diabolico: uccidere Valentine, facendo in modo che suo figlio Édouard riceva tutta l'eredità. Ma Valentine riesce a sopravvivere. Infatti Noirtier fa capire al dottor d'Avrigny che aveva intuito da tempo che avrebbero avvelenato la nipote, e fino a quel momento era riuscito a salvarla dandole ogni giorno un poco della sostanza mortale, neutralizzandone così parzialmente gli effetti.

Dopo aver ottenuto da Danglars la sicurezza sul matrimonio con Eugénie, Andrea Cavalcanti/Benedetto viene a sapere che Caderousse lo vuole vedere e si reca da lui. Andrea gli racconta di essere convinto che il suo vero padre sia il Conte di Montecristo e Caderousse, assai interessato alla fortuna del conte, intende derubarlo nella sua casa sugli Champs Èlysées.

I marchesi di Saint-Méran (nonni materni di Valentine Villefort) partono da Marsiglia per Parigi per concludere il matrimonio della nipote con Franz d'Epinay, ma durante il viaggio il marchese muore improvvisamente. A poche ore dalla firma del contratto matrimoniale, quando Valentine e Maximilien Morrel già si preparano alla fuga per non essere separati, anche la signora di Saint-Méran muore di colpo, in circostanze simili al marito.

Maximilien Morrel (il figlio dell'armatore marsigliese Morrel) ha un'ottima posizione nell'esercito ed è innamorato di Valentine de Villefort che, pur ricambiandolo, è promessa (per ferrea volontà del padre procuratore del re) al barone Franz d'Epinay. La povera giovane non ha amici, il padre non la considera, mentre la matrigna Héloise è invidiosa del fatto che erediterà un grande patrimonio a discapito del figlio Édouard.

21 maggio 1838: quasi dieci anni dopo il suo ritorno a Marsiglia, Dantès inizia a mettere in atto il suo piano di vendetta e si trasferisce a Parigi. Il primo evento mondano avviene la mattina stessa, a colazione da Albert de Morcerf, assieme a Lucien Debray, il signor Beauchamp, il signor Château-Renaud e Maximilien Morrel.

Il romanzo riprende con un salto temporale di dieci anni dopo gli eventi narrati nei precedenti tomi, anni che Dantès trascorre viaggiando, soprattutto in Oriente, per raccogliere tutte le informazioni necessarie alla sua vendetta. Siamo nel gennaio del 1838: il barone Franz d'Epinay e il visconte Albert de Morcerf (figlio di Mercedes e di Fernand Mondego, conte de Morcerf) sono a Firenze e stabiliscono di passare il carnevale a Roma.

Giunto a Livorno, Dantès si unisce ai contrabbandieri e riparte per varie spedizioni, acquistando la fiducia di tutta la ciurma. Durante questo periodo Dantès si rende sempre più conto di come la sua lunga esperienza in prigione lo abbia cambiato, sia fisicamente che psicologicamente: da giovane idealista è diventato un uomo intenso, vicino all'ossessione per i suoi propositi di vendetta.