For years d’Artagnan shared his adventures with his three comrades—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—but now, inBetweenTwo Kings,the First Musketeer returns to the forefront. This is truly d’Artagnan’s novel, bringing to adramatic climax the story that began when he first arrived in Paris thirty years earlier inThe Three Musketeers.

This brand-new translation ofBetween Two Kingsimmediately picks up the story and themes ofBlood Royal,whered’Artagnan tries to thwart destiny by saving England’s Charles I; now, he will be instrumental in the restoration of his son, Charles II, the first of the two kings of the title. Disappointed in the irresolution of young Louis XIV, d’Artagnan takes a leave of absence from the King’s Musketeers and ventures to England with a bold plan to hoist Charles II onto his throne, a swashbuckling escapade in which he is unwittingly assisted by his old comrade Athos. D’Artagnan returns triumphant to France, where he is recalled to service by the second king, Louis XIV, who is now finally ready to take full advantage of the extraordinary talents of his officer of musketeers.

 This newly translated volume by Lawrence Ellsworthis the first volume of Alexandre Dumas’s mega-novelLe Vicomte de Bragelonne,the epic finale to the Musketeers Cycle, which will end withthe justly-famousTheMan in the Iron Mask.This marks the first significant new English translation of this series of novels in over a century.