DESCRIPTION: Heritage Press’s (which preceded EASTON PRESS) LONG OUT OF PRINT BEAUTIFUL CLOTH binding and slipcase of three of Dumas’ classics: THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK; THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and TWENTY YEARS LATER. THIS IS A VINTAGE HEIRLOOM HERITAGE SET WITH BEAUTIFUL BINDING and INCREDIBLE ARTWORK. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED SETS OF THESE DUMAS CLASSICS. EACH VOLUME HAS THE HIGHLY-SOUGHT AFTER SANDGLASS INSERTS.
Heritage Press is VERY similar to Folio Society and Limited Editions Club versions.
ABOUT THE BOOKS: The Man in the Iron Mask(1964) is the celebrated cycle of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Unbeknownst to D'Artagnan, Aramis and Porthos plot to remove the inept king and place the king's twin brother on the throne of France. Meanwhile, a twenty-three-year-old prisoner known only as "Philippe" wastes away deep inside the Bastille. Forced to wear an iron mask, Phillippe has been imprisoned for eight years, has no knowledge of his true identity, and has not been told what crime he's committed. When the destinies of the king and Phillippe converge, the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties.
This swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, set in France during the 1620s, is richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms minor historical figures into larger- than-life characters: the Comte d’Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the beguilingly evil seductress “Milady”; the powerful and devious Cardinal Richelieu; the weak King Louis XIII and his unhappy queen—and, of course, the three musketeers themselves, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, whose motto “all for one, one for all” has come to epitomize devoted friendship. With a plot that delivers stolen diamonds, masked balls, purloined letters, and, of course, great bouts of swordplay, The Three Musketeers (1953) is eternally entertaining.
Twenty Years After (1958), the sequel to The Three Musketeers, is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.
Two decades have passed since the musketeers triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and stratagems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is a titanic struggle with the son of Milady, who wears the face of Evil.
Condition:
The books, sandglasses, and slipcase are all in like new condition. There are some minor flaws to the extremities of the slipcases which can be seen in our photos but certainly very good for their age. Truly an excellent set.
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