Ten Years Later

"Ten Years Later" by Alexandre Dumas is a historical fiction that picks up the thrilling saga from “The Three Musketeers," plunging readers into the heart of 17th-century France, where the young King Louis XIV grapples with power and political maneuvering. The story reunites the iconic musketeers – D'Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos – as they confront shifting loyalties and personal desires amidst a web of courtly intrigue. Beginning in Blois in 1660, the novel opens with an atmosphere thick with anticipation of the King's arrival and follows the ennui of Gaston, Monsieur of Orleans, who feels disregarded by both the people and the court. Amidst playful banter of the ladies and gentlemen of the court and as D'Artagnan prepares to depart his post, he receives momentous news that promises to reshape the political landscape that will drive the challenges and shape relationships in the novel.