Alejandro Dumas corona su trilogía con una auténtica obra maestra en la que por primera vez presenta al hombre de la máscara de hierro que empezara con "Los tres mosqueteros". Han pasado diez años desde el momento en que se cerraba "Veinte años después", y Dumas nos presenta los días finales del cardenal Mazarino, siendo ya D'Artagnan capitán de mosqueteros. Su objetivo, junto con sus fieles compañeros es llavar a Carlos II a recupuerar el trono que su difunto padre perdió. Sin embargo, sus caminos se han bifurcado: Porthos intenta por todos los medios de ascender en la escala social francesa; Athos pugna por evitar la incipiente relación de su hijo Raoul con la bella Louise de La Vallière (quien está prendada del joven rey Luis XIV), y Aramis, cabeza visible de los jesuitas, ha descubierto la existencia de un hermano oculto del joven monarca. La edición que ahora presentamos, en dos volúmenes debido a su extensión, es una traducción revisada a fondo en la que se han restituido textos omitidos en versiones anteriores, e incluye los grabados de la primera edición ilustrada de la obra. (ver EL VIZCONDE DE BRAGELONNE II)
Alexander Dumas crowns his trilogy with an authentic masterpiece in which for the first time he presents the man in the iron mask that starts with The Three Musketeers. Ten years have passed since the moment in which it closed twenty years before, and Dumas presents the final days of cardinal Mazarino, being already D'Artagnan captain of the musketeers. His objective, along with his faithful companions, is to lead Carlos II to regain the throne that his late father lost. However, their paths have forked: Porthos tries by all means to climb the French social ladder; Athos struggles to avoid the incipient relationship of his son Raoul with the beautiful Louise de La Vallière (who is in love with the young King Louis XIV), and Aramis, the visible head of the Jesuits, has discovered the existence of a hidden brother of the young monarch.
Alexander Dumas crowns his trilogy with an authentic masterpiece in which for the first time he presents the man in the iron mask that starts with The Three Musketeers. Ten years have passed since the moment in which it closed twenty years before, and Dumas presents the final days of cardinal Mazarino, being already D'Artagnan captain of the musketeers. His objective, along with his faithful companions, is to lead Carlos II to regain the throne that his late father lost. However, their paths have forked: Porthos tries by all means to climb the French social ladder; Athos struggles to avoid the incipient relationship of his son Raoul with the beautiful Louise de La Vallière (who is in love with the young King Louis XIV), and Aramis, the visible head of the Jesuits, has discovered the existence of a hidden brother of the young monarch.