{"product_id":"2940169722857","title":"The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the first time in English in over a century comes a new translation of the forgotten sequel to Dumas¿ \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e, continuing the dramatic tale of Cardinal Richelieu and his implacable enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1844, Alexandre Dumas published \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel so famous and still so popular today that it scarcely needs introduction. Shortly thereafter he wrote a sequel, \u003ci\u003eTwenty Years After\u003c\/i\u003e, that resumed the adventures of his swashbuckling heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater, toward the end of his career, Dumas wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Red Sphinx\u003c\/i\u003e, another direct sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e that begins not twenty years later but a mere twenty days afterward. \u003ci\u003eThe Red Sphinx \u003c\/i\u003epicks up right where the \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e left off, continuing the stories of Cardinal Richelieu, Queen Anne, and King Louis XIII-and introducing a charming new hero, the Comte de Moret, a real historical figure from the period. A young cavalier newly arrived in Paris, Moret is an illegitimate son of the former king and thus half-brother to King Louis. The French Court seethes with intrigue as king, queen, and cardinal all vie for power, and young Moret soon finds himself up to his handsome neck in conspiracy, danger-and passionate romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDumas wrote seventy-five chapters of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Sphinx\u003c\/i\u003e for serial publication but never finished it, and so the novel languished for almost a century before its first book publication in France in 1946. While Dumas never completed the book, he had earlier written a separate novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, that recounted the final adventures of Moret and Cardinal Richelieu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow for the first time, in one cohesive narrative, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Sphinx\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dove\u003c\/i\u003e make a complete and satisfying story line-a rip-roaring novel of historical adventure, heretofore unknown to English-language readers, by the great Alexandre Dumas, king of the swashbucklers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104598737136,"sku":"2940169722857","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169722857_p0.jpg?v=1769899263","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169722857","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}