Twenty Years After

作者 Alexandre Dumas著
出版社 Wordsworth Editions Ltd
出版时间 2009年1月
ISBN 9781840221633
定价 31.40

内容简介

ThistitleincludesanintroductionbyA.M.deMedeiros,UniversityofKentatCanterbury.Ayearafterthepublicationof"TheThreeMusketeers",AlexandreDumasproducedasequelworthyineveryrespectoftheoriginal.In"TwentyYearsAfter"themuchbelovedD'Artaganan,Athos,PorthosandAramisreunitetofighttheforcesofevil.IntheoriginalnoveltheydefeatedMilady,aformidablefoe;nowtheyneedtofacehervengefulsonMordaunt,aswellascounteringthemachinationsofthesinisterCardinalMazarin.TheiradventuresalsotakethemtoEngland,whereCromwellisabouttotoppleCharlesI.Meanwhile,theymustovercometheobstacleswhichthepassingoftimehasplacedbetweenthem.Rediscoveringstrengthinunity,theyfightforQueenandcountry."TheMusketeer"novelswereahugesuccessinDumas'ownlifetime,andhavelostnoneoftheiroriginalappeal.Translatedintomanylanguagesandadaptedforcinemaandtelevision,theyhavehelpedtomakeDumasarguablythemostsuccessfulexporterofFrenchculturetothewiderworld.

作者简介

AlexandreDumas,(24July1802-5December1870)wasaFrenchwriter,bestknownforhishistoricalnovelsofhighadventurewhichhavemadehimoneofthemostwidelyreadFrenchauthorsintheworld.Manyofhisnovels,includingTheCountofMonteCristo,TheThreeMusketeers,TwentyYearsAfter,andTheVicomtedeBragelonnewereoriginallyserialized.Healsowroteplaysandmagazinearticlesandwasaprolificcorrespondent.Borninpoverty,DumaswasthegrandsonofaFrenchnoblemanandaHaitianslave.