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The Forty-Five Guardsmen

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Forty-Five Guardsmen, by Alexandre Dumas This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

Title: The Forty-Five Guardsmen

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Release Date: October 5, 2004 [EBook #13626]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS

THE FORTY-FIVE GUARDSMEN A SEQUEL TO "CHICOT, THE JESTER"

_Copiously Illustrated with elegant Pen and Ink and Wood Engravings, specially drawn for this edition by eminent French and American Artists_

NEW YORK PETER FENELON COLLIER, PUBLISHER 1893

[Illustration: Briquet at the window.]

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CONTENTS

THE FORTY-FIVE GUARDSMEN

CHAPTER

1. The Porte St. Antoine 2. What passed outside the Porte St. Antoine 3. The Examination 4. His Majesty Henri the Third 5. The Execution 6. The Brothers 7. "The Sword of the Brave Chevalier" 8. The Gascon 9. M. de Loignac 10. The Purchase of Cuirasses 11. Still the League 12. The Chamber of his Majesty Henri III. 13. The Dormitory 14. The Shade of Chicot 15. The Difficulty of finding a good Ambassador 16. The Serenade 17. Chicot's Purse 18. The Prior

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