Twenty Years After

Alexandre Dumas · 1802–1870 · France

Originally Vingt ans après (French)

Why it matters

Two decades on, d'Artagnan reunites the aging Musketeers only to find them scattered across opposite sides of France's Fronde civil war: the Three Musketeers sequel trades youthful swagger for the harder question of loyalty when old friends pick different kings.

At a glance

Long and episodic, but narrated with the same propulsive serial clarity as its predecessor.