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"Memoirs of Aramis, Book 5"
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The fifth book of the fan fiction “Memoirs of Aramis” tells about the events that occurred between the end of the novel “Twenty Years Later” by Alexandre Dumas and the beginning of the novel “The Vicomte de Bragelonne or Ten Years Later.”
But the genre of memoirs has its own laws. Aramis is familiar with the trilogy "The Three Musketeers", "Twenty Years After", and "The Vicomte de Bragelonne or Ten Years Later". Dumas himself, in the preface to the first novel of the trilogy, indicates that these are simply slightly edited memoirs of the Count de La Fère, that is, Athos.
Having accepted the version that this trilogy (according to Dumas) already existed during the life of Athos, we should be surprised that it even describes the death of Athos and some of what happened later. We still do not undertake to argue with the great novelist and agree with his assumption that such a book existed already at that time, but in this case, after analyzing many places in the book, we, like our hero Aramis, came to the conclusion that it is This could only happen if such a trilogy was written by someone who was closely acquainted with all the heroes and was at the center of events, but it could not be any of the musketeers.
Aramis suggests that Athos's servant, Grimaud, wrote this trilogy, since Athos forbade him to speak, but in his old age Grimaud was not burdened with great responsibilities; he lived in the castle of Bragelon, where there was an extensive library. He read contemporary books and eventually decided to write his own book, describing the adventures of the musketeers, but decorating it with some fantastic episodes to make it more attractive.
So, Aramis, having a trilogy and calling it Grimaud's memoirs, decided to write his own memoirs. On this basis, he did not begin to set out those events that were already quite accurately described in this trilogy by Grimaud, however, noticing obvious errors and contradictions, he did not fail to point out them and present his own version of what happened.
The first book described the events that took place before d'Artagnan arrived in Paris. The second book is connected in time with the events of the novel “The Three Musketeers”. The third book recounts the events between those described in this novel and those described in the novel "Twenty Years Later". The fourth book provides a parallel vision, differing in many details from the book Twenty Years Later. Finally, the fifth book begins from the point where the heroes, having received the desired rewards, leave for their homes. Porthos became Baron du Valon, Athos received the Order of the Holy Spirit from the hands of King Charles, and then its French counterpart from Queen Anne on the proposal of Cardinal Mazarin, d' Artagnan received a patent as a captain of the royal musketeers, and only Aramis did not ask for anything for himself, but negotiated benefits for his beloved woman, the Duchess de Longueville, and also for her son, Charles-Paris, who had just been born. Isn't Aramis the father of this child of royal blood?
The book begins with chapter 175. The first wave of the Fronde has subsided, but Mazarin has not yet established himself in power. But d'Artagnan chose the cardinal as his lord, master, boss, employer and benefactor.
You will find chapters 1 – 44 in the first book, and chapters 45 – 92 in the second book, chapters 93 – 133 in the third book, and 134 – 174 in the fourth book.
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