The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2), credited to Alexandre Dumas, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2) by Alexandre Dumas. (Translated by William Robson.) Read in English by John Van Stan Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after "The Three Musketeers." Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnated, he’s lost touch with his friends, and the high favor earned with Queen Anne has been forgotten. His misfortune mirrors that of France, now ruled by an ineffective miser, Cardinal Mazarin, who’s avarice (among other vices) fuels a rebellion. Moreover, England is mired in civil war! Can d’Artagnan do the seemingly impossible: reunite “The Inseparables,” save the Queen and young Louis XIV from an uprising, and aid the English monarchy, all while avoiding the evil Mordaunt, son of a personal enemy long-believed to be neutralized? Well, according to d'Artagnan, "Great people only thank you for doing the impossible; what’s possible, they say, they can effect themselves." (jvanstan)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)
• Author credits: Alexandre Dumas
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 90
• Listed recording duration: 24:10:40

Catalogue topics

• Louis XIV
• Athos
• Aramis
• Porthos
• cardinal mazarin
• queen anne of austria
• fronde
• cardinal giulio raimondo mazzarino

Opening tracks: first 24 of 90

1. 01 - The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu — 24:33
2. 02 - A Nightly Patrol — 22:10
3. 03 - Dead Animosities — 36:27
4. 04 - Anne of Austria at the Age of 46 — 24:55
5. 05 - The Gascon and the Italian — 13:20
6. 06 - D'Artagnan in his 40th Year — 30:25
7. 07 - Touches upon the Strange Effects a Half-pistole may have — 15:01
8. 08 - D'Artagnan, Going to a Distance to Discover Aramis — 16:32
9. 09 - The Abbe D'Herblay — 41:55
10. 10 - Monsieur Porthos du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds — 13:19
11. 11 - Wealth does not Necessarily Produce Happiness — 22:33
12. 12 - Porthos was Discontented with his Condition — 13:05
13. 13 - Two Angelic Faces — 15:45
14. 14 - The Castle of Bragelonne — 14:40
15. 15 - Athos as a Diplomatist — 20:30
16. 16 - The Duc de Beaufort — 13:20
17. 17 - Duc de Beaufort amused his Leisure Hours in the Donjon of Vincennes — 17:15
18. 18 - Grimaud begins his Functions — 21:21
19. 19 - Pates made by the Successor of Father Marteau are described — 18:35
20. 20 - One of Marie Michon's Adventures — 27:16
21. 21 - The Abbe Scarron — 24:47
22. 22 - Saint Denis — 16:51
23. 23 - One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort — 23:33
24. 24 - The timely Arrival of D'Artagnan in Paris — 17:50

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