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Louise de La Vallière

By: Alexandre Dumas
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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 As part of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After, and devoted in large part to romantic events at the court of France's King Louis XIV, Louise de La Valliere is the second part of Alexandre Dumas's 268 chapter novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, which first appeared in serial form between 1847 and 1850. Filled with behind-the-scenes intrigue, the novel brings the aging Musketeers and d'Artagnan out of retirement to face an impending crisis within the royal court of France.Public Domain (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Classics Fiction Historical Fiction Royalty Romance

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Critic reviews

"One of the very best of the series, mixing amorous and political intrigue with an élan peculiar to Dumas...this quasi-historical series remains remarkably readable" ( The Irish Times, Dublin)
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I have read all that books in the series and now go on to The Man in the Iron Mask to complete the story. I have enjoyed every minute of all . Simon Vance tells the story really well and have marked his performance higher than story and overall to stress my point. Again I have had a really good read/listen, just plain the Best of Entertainment.

Only the Best

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Have been listening to this series in correct sequence. Such a joy. Though I have listened to the last book some time ago, it makes more sense now and I will repeat The Man in the Iron Mask. Films can’t and don’t do justice.

Simon Vance’s narrations are excellent. Good effort at producing and repeating voices for different characters though personally I expected different for D’Tan and the two kind verse very similar. I expected King Charles II to sound more English though he spent time in France.

Overall, I still preferred Bill Holmwood, whose made characters sound more French.

Sadly, only one more book to go. Brilliant as always.

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A bit too much 'woe is me I'm in love' and not enough swashbuckling in this one!

The weakest of the series

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weak story which seems like a 17th century soap but the quality of the writing if not the story keep the interest.

interesting timepiece

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The king had an uhealthy amount of trampolines to jump to conclusions on. So many red flags, such a great writer.

So many red flags

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