For the post-apocalyptic movie, see 20 Years After. This was also the title of a sponsored film commissioned by the 'Royal British Legion in 1934, about the rehabilitation of servicemen injured in the First World War.
Twenty Years After (French: Vingt ans après) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père, first serialized from January to August, 1845. A book of the D'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de B...
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For the post-apocalyptic movie, see 20 Years After. This was also the title of a sponsored film commissioned by the 'Royal British Legion in 1934, about the rehabilitation of servicemen injured in the First World War.
Twenty Years After (French: Vingt ans après) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père, first serialized from January to August, 1845. A book of the D'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot, Man in the Iron Mask).
The novel follows events in France during La Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I. Dumas comes out on the side of the monarchy in general, or at least he supports the idea of a well-meaning, liberal monarchy. His musketeers are valiant and just in their efforts to protect young Louis XIV and the doomed Charles I from their attackers....
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