Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d’Artagnan as Lieutenant of the King’s Musketeers. In this post, he is very near to achieving his dream (becoming Captain) and even nearer to his King, being young Louis XIV’s personal guard. Seeing first-hand how powerless the child King was, d’Artagnan resigns his illustrious, but dull, post to turn his sharp wit and sword toward another ambitious aim: restoration of the English monarchy. To the joy of France, Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum that pulls at the ill-fated ambitions of the rich and powerful, Nicolas Fouquet. To combat Fouquet’s ambitions and wrench the nation back from the brink of bankruptcy, young Louis XIV takes the Cardinal’s dying advice and leagues with the economic and sociopolitical reformist, Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Unfortunately, “The Inseparables” again find each other on different sides of the power struggle: Aramis and Porthos with Fouquet, but d’Artagnan and Athos with the King and Colbert. As d’Artagnan advises King Louis XIV, “The reign of Mazarin is over, but that of the financiers is begun. They have the money; your majesty will not often see much of it. To live under the paw of these hungry wolves is hard.” - Summary by jvanstan
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The LetterThe MessengerThe InterviewFather and SonIn which Something will be said of Cropoli—of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown PainterThe UnkownParryWhat his Majesty King Louis XIV. was at the Age of Twenty-TwoIn which the Unknown of the Hostelry of Les Medicis loses his IncognitoThe Arithmetic of M. de MazarinMazarin's PolicyThe King and the LieutenantMary de ManciniIn which the King and the Lieutenant each give Proofs of MemoryThe Proscribed"Remember!"In which Aramis is sought and only Bazin is foundIn which D'Artagnan seeks Porthose and only finds MousquetonWhat D'Artagnan went to Paris forOf the Society which was formed in the Rue des Lombards, at the Sign of the Pilon d'OrIn which D'Artagnan prepares to travel for the Firm of Planchet and CompanyD'Artagnan travels for the House of Planchet and CompanyIn which the Author, very unwillingly, is forced to write a Little HistoryThe TreasureThe MarchHeart and MindThe Next DaySmugglingIn which D'Artagnan begins to fear he has placed his Money and that of Planchet in the Sinking FundThe Shares of Planchet and Company rise again to ParMonk reveals himselfAthos and D'Artagnan meet once more at the Hostelry of the Corne du CerfThe AudienceOf the Embarrassment of RichesOn the CanalHow D'Artagnan drew, as a Fairy would have done, a Country-seat from a Deal BoxHow D'Artagnan regulated the "Assets" of the Company before he established its "Liabilities"In which it is seen that the French Grocer had already been established in the Seventeenth CenturyMazarin's Gaming PartyAn Affair of StateThe RecitalIn which Mazarin becomes ProdigalGuendaudColbertConfession of a Man of WealthThe DonationHow Anne of Austria gave one Piece of Advice to Louis XIV., and how M. Fouquet gave him anotherAgonyThe First Appearance of ColbertThe First Day of the Royalty of Louis XIVA PassionD'Artagnan's LessonThe KingThe Houses of M. FouquetThe Abbe FouquetM. de la Fontaine's WineThe Gallery of Saint-MandeEpicureansA Quarter of an Hour's DelayPlan of BattleThe Cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-DameVive Colbert!How M. D'Eymeris' Diamond passed into the Hands of M. D'ArtagnanOf the Notable Difference D'Artagnan finds between M. the Intendant and M. the SuperintendantPhilosophy of the Heart and MindThe JourneyHow D'Artagnan became acquainted with a Poet, who had turned Printer for the sake of printing his own VersesD'Artagnan continues his InvestigationsIn which the Reader, no doubt, will be as astonished as D'Artagnan was to meet an Old AcquaintanceWherein the Ideas of D'Artagnan, at first strangely clouded, begin to clear up a littleA Procession at VannesThe Grandeur of the Bishop of VannesIn which Porthos begins to be sorry for having come with D'ArtagnanIn which D'Artagnan makes all Speed, Porthos snores, and Aramis counselsIn which M. Fouquet actsIn which D'Artagnan finished by at length placing his Hand upon his Captains CommissionA Lover and his MistressIn which we at length see the true Heroine of this History appearMalicorne and ManicampManicamp and MalicorneThe Courtyard of the Hotel GrammontThe Portrait of MadameHavreAt SeaThe TentsNightFrom Havre to ParisAn Account of what the Chevalier de Lorraine thought of MadameA Surprise for Madame de MontalaisThe Consent of AthosMonsieur becomes jealous of the Duke of BuckinghamForever!King Louis XIV. does not think Mademoiselle de la Valliere either rich enough or pretty enoughSword-thrusts in the WaterSword-thrusts in the Water (concluded)Baisemeaux de MontlezunThe King's Card-tableM. Baisemeaux de Montlezun's AccountsThe Breakfast at M. de Baisemeaux'sThe Second Floor of la BertaudiereThe Two FriendsMadame de Belliere's PlateThe DowryLe Terrain de Dieu
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