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Twenty Years After

Alexandre Dumas Original title Vingt ans après (French, 1845)

Twenty Years After is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne .


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“Learn ever to separate the king and the principle of royalty. The king is but man; royalty is the spirit of God.”

Vingt ans après (Twenty Years After) (1845)
Context: Learn ever to separate the king and the principle of royalty. The king is but man; royalty is the spirit of God. When you are in doubt as to which you should serve, forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle, for this is everything.

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