Louise de la Valli`ere

by Alexandre Dumas Book 6 in the d’Artagnan Romances series.

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At the court of Louis XIV, Louise de la Vallière becomes the centre of a dangerous shift in royal and private loyalties when the young king falls in love with her. Her relationship with Raoul, the son of Athos, is shattered, and the older musketeers find themselves divided between friendship, honour and obedience to a monarch whose personal desires now carry the force of political power.

D'Artagnan attempts to preserve order at court while Aramis quietly advances a conspiracy involving the king's secret twin brother. As intrigue replaces the open warfare of the earlier adventures, the bonds among Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are placed under increasing strain. The novel moves the Musketeers cycle toward the events that culminate in The Man in the Iron Mask.