496 pages |Hardcover

For years dArtagnan shared his adventures with his three comradesAthos, Porthos, and Aramisbut now, inBetween Two Kings,the First Musketeer returns to the forefront. This is truly dArtagnans novel, bringing to a dramatic climax the story that began when he first arrived in Paris thirty years earlier inThe Three Musketeers.

This brand-new translation ofBetween Two Kingsimmediately picks up the story and themes ofBlood Royal,wheredArtagnan tries to thwart destiny by saving Englands Charles I; now, he will be instrumental in the restoration of his son, Charles II, the first of the two kings of the title. Disappointed in the irresolution of young Louis XIV, dArtagnan takes a leave of absence from the Kings Musketeers and ventures to England with a bold plan to hoist Charles II onto his throne, a swashbuckling escapade in which he is unwittingly assisted by his old comrade Athos. DArtagnan returns triumphant to France, where he is recalled to service by the second king, Louis XIV, who is now finally ready to take full advantage of the extraordinary talents of his officer of musketeers.

This newly translated volume by Lawrence Ellsworth is the first volume of Alexandre Dumass mega-novelLe Vicomte de Bragelonne,the epic finale to the Musketeers Cycle, which will end with the justly-famousTheMan in the Iron Mask.This marks the first significant new English translation of this series of novels in over a century.