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Louise de La Vallière

By: Alexandre Dumas
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After, Dumas continued his D'Artagnan romances with a final trilogy set during the reign of Louis XIV. Louise de La Vallière, the second novel in that trilogy, continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask. Filled with behind-the-scenes political intrigues and set against a tender love story, the novel brings the aging Musketeers out of retirement to face an impending crisis within the royal court of France.

It is 1661, and King Louis XIV is strengthening France's military, preparing to undermine superintendent of finance Nicolas Fouquet at the behest of wily social-climber Jean-Baptiste Colbert. D'Artagnan has assumed command of the king's Musketeers while Aramis has risen to the top of the Jesuit order. Meanwhile, Porthos remains tied to the military, and the wealthy Athos is concerned with the affairs of his son, Raoul, who finds himself smitten with the lovely Louise de la Vallière.

As always, Dumas brings French history to life with excitement and romance.

(P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Classics Fiction Historical Fiction Royalty Romance
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Critic reviews

“One of the very best of the series, mixing amorous and political intrigue with an élan peculiar to Dumas…This quasi-historical series remains remarkably readable.”

(Irish Times (Dublin))

“What other novel has such epic variety and nobility of incident?”

(Robert Louis Stevenson)
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I have read all that books in the series and now go on to The Man in the Iron Mask to complete the story. I have enjoyed every minute of all . Simon Vance tells the story really well and have marked his performance higher than story and overall to stress my point. Again I have had a really good read/listen, just plain the Best of Entertainment.

Only the Best

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Have been listening to this series in correct sequence. Such a joy. Though I have listened to the last book some time ago, it makes more sense now and I will repeat The Man in the Iron Mask. Films can’t and don’t do justice.

Simon Vance’s narrations are excellent. Good effort at producing and repeating voices for different characters though personally I expected different for D’Tan and the two kind verse very similar. I expected King Charles II to sound more English though he spent time in France.

Overall, I still preferred Bill Holmwood, whose made characters sound more French.

Sadly, only one more book to go. Brilliant as always.

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What's not to like with Dumas. Great characterisation, dialogue, comedy, pace, wit and adventure.

Left me wanting to read the next instalment!

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this one was the hardest for me. Louise is awful and ruins anything she is in.

damsel in distress is a good troupe but the weeping and silence whem she needed to speak is just terrible.

go through the mire for the next one is amazing

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weak story which seems like a 17th century soap but the quality of the writing if not the story keep the interest.

interesting timepiece

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