The Forty-Five Guardsmen
Alexandre Dumas
Read by John Van Stan
The sequel to "Chicot the Jester" and final book of the "Valois Romances." This story begins six years after the famed "Duel of the Mignons" between the favorites of the courts of King Henry III and Henry the Duke of Guise (somewhat allied with the King's brother, Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alencon). Dumas concludes his historical fiction on the War of the Three Henries while (1) detailing the formation of the Forty-Five Guardsmen (who were to become the Musketeers), (2) following Chicot the Jester as he stays loyal to the failing regency of King Henry III, and (3) continuing the story of Diana (a principal character in the previous book). - Summary by jvanstan (15 hr 47 min)
Chapters
| The Porte St. Antoine | 9:19 | Read by John Van Stan |
| What passed outside the Porte St. Antoine | 11:29 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The examination | 5:58 | Read by John Van Stan |
| His majesty Henri the Third | 9:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The Execution | 11:48 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The Brothers | 19:37 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The sword of the brave chevalier | 8:06 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The gascon | 7:51 | Read by John Van Stan |
| M. Loignac | 7:42 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The purchase of cuirasses | 9:45 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Still the League | 8:08 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The chamber of his majesty Henri III | 8:17 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The dormitory | 7:28 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The shade of Chicot | 15:31 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The difficulty of finding a good ambassador | 12:14 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The serenade | 9:09 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Chicot's purse | 4:32 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The priory of the Jacobins | 6:22 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The two friends | 8:16 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The breakfast | 4:50 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Brother Borromee | 7:14 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The lesson | 7:57 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The penitent | 5:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The ambush | 9:18 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The Guises | 5:26 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The Louvre | 5:46 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The revelation | 7:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Two friends | 5:29 | Read by John Van Stan |
| St. Maline | 7:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
| De Loignac's interview with the forty-five | 10:12 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The Bourgeois of Paris | 9:43 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Brother Borromee | 6:08 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Chicot, Latinist | 5:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The four winds | 6:02 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How Chicot continued his journey, and what happened to him | 8:37 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The third day of the Journey | 6:37 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Ernanton de Carmainges | 9:47 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The stable-yard | 10:39 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The seven sins of Magdalen | 9:27 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Bel-Esbat | 14:22 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The letter of M. de Mayenne | 9:49 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How Dom Gorenflot blessed the king as he passed before the priory of the Jacobi… | 11:41 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How Chicot blessed King Louis II. for having invented posting, and resolved to … | 11:07 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How the King of Navarre guesses that ''Turennius'' means Turenne, and ''Margot'… | 9:06 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The Avenue 3000 Feet Long | 5:46 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Marguerite's room | 6:11 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The explanation | 11:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The Spanish Ambassador | 9:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The poor of Henri of Navarre | 13:29 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The true mistress of the King of Navarre | 9:50 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Chicot's astonishment at finding himself so popular in Nerac | 14:58 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How the hunted the wolf in Navarre | 11:21 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How Henri of Navarre behaved in battle | 11:29 | Read by John Van Stan |
| What was passing at the Louvre about the time Chicot entered Nerac | 14:24 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Red plume and white plume | 9:13 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The door opens | 9:08 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How a great lady loved in the year 1586 | 17:52 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How St. Maline entered into the Turret and what followed | 10:01 | Read by John Van Stan |
| What was passing in the mysterious house | 11:11 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The laboratory | 6:53 | Read by John Van Stan |
| What M. Francois, Duc d'Anjou, Duc de Brabant and Comte de Flanders was doing i… | 9:43 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Preparations for battle | 13:58 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Monseigneur | 5:54 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Monseigneur (continued) | 9:49 | Read by John Van Stan |
| French and Flemings | 14:45 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The travelers | 8:56 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Explanation | 10:10 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The water | 10:17 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Flight | 13:43 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Transfiguration | 8:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The two brothers | 11:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The expedition | 9:13 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Paul-Emile | 11:33 | Read by John Van Stan |
| One of the souvenirs of the Duc d'Anjou | 18:17 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How Aurilly executed the commission of the Duc d'Anjou | 14:33 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The journey | 7:55 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How King Henri III. did not invite Grillon to breakfast, and how Chicot invited… | 16:35 | Read by John Van Stan |
| How, after receiving news from the south, Henri received news from the north | 13:17 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The two companions | 6:41 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The Corne d'Abondance | 5:01 | Read by John Van Stan |
| What happened in the little room | 27:56 | Read by John Van Stan |
| The husband and the lover | 17:53 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Showing how Chicot began to understand the purport of M. de Guise's letter | 15:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Le Cardinal de Joyeuse | 22:07 | Read by John Van Stan |
| News from Aurilly | 10:09 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Doubt | 16:11 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Certainty | 17:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Fatality | 14:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Les hospitalieres | 18:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
| His Highness Monseigneur le Duc de Guise | 6:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
| Postscript | 2:27 | Read by John Van Stan |
Reviews
An exciting conclusion
mchiles
Take notes or do your research so you can remember who everyone is as Dumas once again draws you into epic historical fiction on France. The reader once again does a great job handling a long and complex work with many challenging names and foreign words thrown in.
BUSSEY IS RIGHTLY AVENGED
AVID READER
It is amazing that Dumas could produce so many gripping historical novels. This one is not as focused as some, but it is still a very fine story. Van Stan is a marvel!
lmathers@intriquip.com
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