TY - BOOK AU - Dumas,Alexandre AU - Maquet,Auguste TI - The forty-five guardsmen AV - PQ PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - France -- History -- Henry III, 1574-1589 -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forty-Five_Guardsmen; Release date is 2004-10-05; Produced by Steven desJardins and PG Distributed Proofreaders; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The forty-five guardsmen" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a historical novel written between 1847 and 1848. Set during the French Wars of Religion in 1585-1586, this final installment of the Valois trilogy follows Diane de Méridor's quest for revenge against the Duke of Anjou for his betrayal of Bussy d'Amboise. As King Henry III struggles to control religious and political chaos dividing France, he recruits forty-five guards from lesser nobility for protection during the War of the Three Henrys. The story weaves historical events with fiction, featuring the beloved character Chicot the Jester. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13626 ER -