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Preface by the author

The third book ended the account of events when Mordaunt, Milady's son, arrived at Cromwell and helped him defeat the opposition in order to deal with the Earl of Suffolk, the closest friend, assistant and adviser of King Charles I. It also describes some of the events that led England into a state of civil war, in which the King at first thought that he was winning, but this was followed by the second stage of this war or even a second civil war, in which Fate finally turned away from the English monarch. Meanwhile, Mordaunt is burning with the desire to take revenge for the death of his mother and for his unfortunate fate to everyone whom he considers guilty of this. The list of those to whom he has already taken revenge includes several random people - priests and judges, as well as the Count de Ronchamp and Milady's former maid, Katie. Revenge on this girl was realized simply because, as Mordaunt learned, his mother hated her for something and wanted to take revenge on her. Without going into the reasons for this hatred, he tried to kill her, for which he shot at the window of the castle of the Duchess de Chevreuse. The Duchess immediately called a doctor, who said that the girl’s life was hanging by a thread, but he would do everything possible to save her. Aramis received news from the Duchess that there was an assassination attempt on his protégé, but it seems she will live and is gradually recovering. Aramis, on instructions from the Jesuit Order, decided to organize de Beaufort's escape and attracted Athos to his side, as well as d'Artagnan's former servant, Planchet. In Paris, passions are running high, everyone anticipates the possibility of an imminent revolt of the mob, which went down in history as the Fronde.

You will find chapters 1 – 44 in the first book, chapters 45 – 92 in the second book, chapters 93 – 133 in the third book.