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Twenty Years After

By: Alexandre Dumas
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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Originally published in 1845 as a sequel to The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After is a supreme creation of suspense and heroic adventure.

Two decades have passed since the three 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.

Public Domain (P)1997 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Classics European Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literary History & Criticism World Literature Middle Ages
Engaging Adventure • Clever Humor • Distinctive Character Voices • Historical Intrigue • Compelling Plot Twists
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The reader was not as expressive as one would have hoped. Overall, it was enjoyable and an interesting story. Last bed the mental images shown by the author.

Overall, enjoyable.

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While I really don't care as much for the narrator's voice, the book is excellent!

Even better than the 3 Musketeers!

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 A delightful listen! Perfect follow up book!  A must listen! The narrator was excellent and he did the character’s voices justice. 

Fantastic sequel

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I loved the story. I would have loved the whole thing, if the narrator hadn't chosen a grating, aggressive, pretentious voice for D'Artagnan. It's the kind of voice usually used for the antagonist, the voice of someone you instantly dislike.

A great revisit of great characters

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this was a great story almost as good as the first but the narrator did a horrible job in the way he read characters voices

bad narrator

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

I recently discovered Dumas' D'Artangion series, starting with the first one that is narrated by Simon Vance. I then skipped "Twenty Years After" and listened to "The Man in the Iron Mask", also narrated by Simon Vance. I decided to go back and listen to the one's I'd missed, starting with "Twenty Years After", narrated by Frederick Davidson. Well, in a work "Yuck". Mr. Davidson is a sad excuse for a narrator/reader/story teller. I gave it a chance, listening for two hours. Alas, I could not take Mr. Davidson any more and decided to check the book out of the library, as Simon Vance does not narrate a version of this book. I have placed Mr. Frederick Davidson on my do not listen to list forever.

What didn’t you like about Frederick Davidson’s performance?

Terrible, will never listen to a book narrated by Mr. Davidson again, NEVER.

Dumas YES, Narrator NO

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Great story and great performance! The second in the series, this story is quite an adventure and is well-delivered by the narrator.

Well Done

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The sample is representative of the performance, throughout. I'm not sure what compelled Mr. Davidson to represent D'Artagnan as an emotionless robot that struggles with inflection. This is indeed the full, unabridged edition and we'll translated.

A grating narration of Dumas

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Voice of Dartanion was quite flat like a robot by not like a military man! Story telling by readers was excellent.

Very goof, not great.

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Great story! It is perhaps better than the 3 musketeers. Initially the narrator's voice and choice of character accents and speaking mannerisms were extremely annoying and unnatural. I'm not yet sure whether it was I that became accustomed to the narrator or that he became more relaxed, but after a few hours of perseverance, the reading became quite enthralling. It was fairly easy to distinguish most of the main characters from their distinctive voices. I almost stopped listening to it after the first few hours do to the coupling of the narrator's voce and Dumas' typical long winded descriptions of irrelevant characters and events. I glad that I didn't abandon this audio book!

Great story, unsure about he narrator.

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