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A review by lizzina
Il visconte di Bragelonne. Ediz. integrale by Alexandre Dumas
5.0
There's so much in this book that writing a review is not easy! The books starts about 12 years after the second of the series, and the musketeers are all separated, everyone busy in his own life. It's a bulge book, so get prepared to read about a huge quantity of adventures, the first of which is about the reign of Charles II. The musketeers have the chance to meet again by chance, and the first part is also quite amusing :) Then the book is mostly concerned about Mazzarino's death and the subsequent entering the scene of the king Louis XIV. What you should ask yourself at one point is why the book is named after the Vicomte de Bragelonne, when this young boy just make a little part in the first half of the book. And then, it is not that he is *really* involved as a protagonist, but you will discover that, despite being an almost minor character, his story and the people around him will be the central point of the second half.
If you are wondering about the fact this book suggested many movies adaptation of "The man in the iron mask", I must warn you this will be narrated only late in the book, and it seems to be not quite as detailed as it was in the movies. Actually, I think it is one of the saddest stories together with Raoul's one.
My overall comment is that this book is lovely and, together with the other 2, it makes a fabulous series that I wholeheartedly suggest you to read. There's a lot in it: action, love, hate, history. You will be driven to search details about some of the characters who were actually real living persons, and you'll find yourself struggling for some characters and hating some others.
If you are wondering about the fact this book suggested many movies adaptation of "The man in the iron mask", I must warn you this will be narrated only late in the book, and it seems to be not quite as detailed as it was in the movies. Actually, I think it is one of the saddest stories together with Raoul's one.
My overall comment is that this book is lovely and, together with the other 2, it makes a fabulous series that I wholeheartedly suggest you to read. There's a lot in it: action, love, hate, history. You will be driven to search details about some of the characters who were actually real living persons, and you'll find yourself struggling for some characters and hating some others.