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First published in 1845, "Chicot the Jester" (AKA "La Dame de Monsoreau") is a historical novel by French author Alexandre Dumas and the second volume of The Valois Trilogy, also composed by "Queen Margot" and "The Forty Five Guardsmen" in that order.
"Chicot the Jester" tells the fantastic story of a nobleman jester who has the audacity to mock a king and the guile to disarm a venerable knight in a heated battle.
Bristling with political plots, secret assignations, daring escapes, duels, surprising alliances and betrayals, Dumas orchestrates two plotlines to come together in a very scene-driven, absolutely over-the-top novel.
The title character isn’t a jester in the way we use the term today; instead Chicot is King Henri III’s advisor with the advantage of being able to speak truth to power. And that power is in jeopardy from within his family and without. Chicot must use all his wiles to keep Henri out of trouble and himself in the position of the real King of France. Against him is the powerful house of de Guise whose head is also the leader of the Catholic League; the King’s brother the Duc d’Angou and the leader of the Huguenot faction, King Henry of Navarre.
The other principal player is the brave Bussy, or the Comte de Bussy who is allied with the Duc d’Anjou. He upsets the King’s minions and while escaping their trap he encounters a strange lady in a strange house and thinks it all a dream until he meets the real lady and falls in love. Tragically she’s been tricked into marrying the scheming Comte Monsoreau, chief huntsman to the King and who will do anything to keep his wife away from any man who so much as looks at her. Monsoreau isn’t his only worry though; the Duc d’Anjou also wants the lovely Diana.
Concerning one of Dumas’s most well-known and marvellously crafted characters, “Chicot the Jester” is a must-read for fans of Dumas’s seminal work, and is not to be missed by the discerning collector.
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Rating★★★★ 4.3 (2.4K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Historical Fiction
Length16 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 1, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1. The Wedding Of St. Luc
2Chapter 2. How It Is Not Always He Who Opens The Door, Who Enters The House
3Chapter 3. How It Is Sometimes Difficult To Distinguish A Dream From The Reality
4Chapter 4. How Madame De St. Luc Had Passed The Night
5Chapter 5. How Madame De St. Luc Passed The Second Night Of Her Marriage
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6Chapter 6. Le Petit Coucher Of Henri Iii
7Chapter 7. How, Without Any One Knowing Why, The King Was Converted Before The Next Day
8Chapter 8. How The King Was Afraid Of Being Afraid
9Chapter 9. How The Angel Made A Mistake And Spoke To Chicot, Thinking It Was The King
10Chapter 10. How Bussy Went To Seek For The Reality Of His Dream
11Chapter 11. M. Bryan De Monsoreau
12Chapter 12. How Bussy Found Both The Portrait And The Original
13Chapter 13. Who Diana Was
14Chapter 14. The Treaty
15Chapter 15. The Marriage
16Chapter 16. The Marriage
17Chapter 17. How Henri Iii. Traveled, And How Long It Took Him To Get From Paris To Fontainebleau
18Chapter 18. Brother Gorenflot
19Chapter 19. How Chicot Found Out That It Was Easier To Go In Than Out Of The Abbey
20Chapter 20. How Chicot, Forced To Remain In The Abbey, Saw And Heard Things Very Dangerous To See And Hear
21Chapter 21. How Chicot Learned Genealogy
22Chapter 22. How M. And Madame De St. Luc Met With A Traveling Companion
23Chapter 23. The Old Man
24Chapter 24. How Remy-Le-Haudouin Had, In Bussy's Absence, Established A Communication With The Rue St. Antoine
25Chapter 25. The Father And Daughter
26Chapter 26. How Brother Gorenflot Awoke, And The Reception He Met With At His Convent
27Chapter 27. How Brother Gorenflot Remained Convinced That He Was A Somnambulist, And Bitterly Deplored This Infirmity
28Chapter 28. How Brother Gorenflot Traveled Upon An Ass, Named Panurge, And Learned Many Things He Did Not Know Before
29Chapter 29. How Brother Gorenflot Changed His Ass For A Mule, And His Mule For A Horse
30Chapter 30. How Chicot And His Companion Installed Themselves At The Hotel Of The Cross, And How They Were Received By The Host
31Chapter 31. How The Monk Confessed The Advocate, And The Advocate The Monk
32Chapter 32. How Chicot Used His Sword
33Chapter 33. How The Duc D'anjou Learned That Diana Was Not Dead
34Chapter 34. How Chicot Returned To The Louvre, And Was Received By The King Henri Iii
35Chapter 35. What Passed Between M. De Monsoreau And The Duke
36Chapter 36. Chicot And The King
37Chapter 37. What M. De Guise Came To Do At The Louvre
38Chapter 38. Castor And Pollux
39Chapter 39. In Which It Is Proved That Listening Is The Best Way To Hear
40Chapter 40. The Evening Of The League
41Chapter 41. The Rue De La Ferronnerie
42Chapter 42. The Prince And The Friend
43Chapter 43. Etymology Of The Rue De La Jussienne
44Chapter 44. How D'epernon Had His Doublet Torn, And How Chomberg Was Stained Blue
45Chapter 45. Chicot More Than Ever King Of France
46Chapter 46. How Chicot Paid A Visit To Bussy, And What Followed
47Chapter 47. The Chess Of M. Chicot, And The Cup And Ball Of M. Quelus
48Chapter 48. The Reception Of The Chiefs Of The League
49Chapter 49. How The King Axed A Chief Who Was Neither The Duc De Guise Nor M. D'anjou
50Chapter 50. Eteocles And Polynices
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