Twenty Years After

Twenty years after the events of the original novel, The Hand of Fatima continues the story of the same protagonist, but this time set in a contemporary setting.

• Twenty Years After
• Contents
• Chapter I. The Shade Of Cardinal Richelieu.
• Chapter Ii. A Nightly Patrol.
• Chapter Iii. Dead Animosities.
• Chapter Iv. Anne Of Austria At The Age Of Forty-six.
• Chapter V. The Gascon And The Italian.
• Chapter Vi. D’artagnan In His Fortieth Year.
• Chapter Vii. Touches Upon The Strange Effects A Half-pistole May Have.
• Chapter Viii. D’artagnan, Going To A Distance To Discover Aramis.
• Chapter Ix. The Abbé D’herblay.
• Chapter X. Monsieur Porthos Du Vallon De Bracieux De Pierrefonds.
• Chapter Xi. Wealth Does Not Necessarily Produce Happiness.
• Chapter Xii. Porthos Was Discontented With His Condition.
• Chapter Xiii. Two Angelic Faces.
• Chapter Xiv. The Castle Of Bragelonne.
• Chapter Xv. Athos As A Diplomatist.
• Chapter Xvi. The Duc De Beaufort.
• Chapter Xvii. Duc De Beaufort Amused His Leisure Hours In The Donjon Of Vincennes.
• Chapter Xviii. Grimaud Begins His Functions.
• Chapter Xix. Pâtés Made By The Successor Of Father Marteau Are Described.
• Chapter Xx. One Of Marie Michon’s Adventures.
• Chapter Xxi. The Abbé Scarron.
• Chapter Xxii. Saint Denis.
• Chapter Xxiii. One Of The Forty Methods Of Escape Of The Duc De Beaufort.
• Chapter Xxiv. The Timely Arrival Of D’artagnan In Paris.
• Chapter Xxv. An Adventure On The High Road.
• Chapter Xxvi. The Rencontre.
• Chapter Xxvii. The Four Old Friends Prepare To Meet Again.
• Chapter Xxviii. The Place Royale.
• Chapter Xxix. The Ferry Across The Oise.
• Chapter Xxx. Skirmishing.
• Chapter Xxxi. The Monk.
• Chapter Xxxii. The Absolution.
• Chapter Xxxiii. Grimaud Speaks.
• Chapter Xxxiv. On The Eve Of Battle.
• Chapter Xxxv. A Dinner In The Old Style.
• Chapter Xxxvi. A Letter From Charles The First.
• Chapter Xxxvii. Cromwell’s Letter.
• Chapter Xxxviii. Henrietta Maria And Mazarin.
• Chapter Xxxix. How, Sometimes, The Unhappy Mistake Chance For Providence.
• Chapter Xl. Uncle And Nephew.
• Chapter Xli. Paternal Affection.
• Chapter Xlii. Another Queen In Want Of Help.
• Chapter Xliii. In Which It Is Proved That First Impulses Are Oftentimes The Best.
• Chapter Xliv. Te Deum For The Victory Of Lens.
• Chapter Xlv. The Beggar Of St. Eustache.
• Chapter Xlvi. The Tower Of St. Jacques De La Boucherie.
• Chapter Xlvii. The Riot.
• Chapter Xlviii. The Riot Becomes A Revolution.
• Chapter Xlix. Misfortune Refreshes The Memory.
• Chapter L. The Interview.
• Chapter Li. The Flight.
• Chapter Lii. The Carriage Of Monsieur Le Coadjuteur.
• Chapter Liii. How D’artagnan And Porthos Earned By Selling Straw.
• Chapter Liv. In Which We Hear Tidings Of Aramis.
• Chapter Lv. The Scotchman.
• Chapter Lvi. The Avenger.
• Chapter Lvii. Oliver Cromwell.
• Chapter Lviii. Jesus Seigneur.
• Chapter Lix. Noble Natures Never Lose Courage, Nor Good Stomachs Their Appetites.
• Chapter Lx. Respect To Fallen Majesty.
• Chapter Lxi. D’artagnan Hits On A Plan.
• Chapter Lxii. London.
• Chapter Lxiii. The Trial.
• Chapter Lxiv. Whitehall.
• Chapter Lxv. The Workmen.
• Chapter Lxvi. Remember!
• Chapter Lxvii. The Man In The Mask.
• Chapter Lxviii. Cromwell’s House.
• Chapter Lxix. Conversational.
• Chapter Lxx. The Skiff “Lightning.”
• Chapter Lxxi. Port Wine.
• Chapter Lxxii. End Of The Port Wine Mystery.
• Chapter Lxiii. Fatality.
• Chapter Lxiv. How Mousqueton Had A Narrow Escape Of Being Eaten.
• Chapter Lxxv. The Return.
• Chapter Lxxvi. The Ambassadors.
• Chapter Lxxvii. The Three Lieutenants Of The Generalissimo.
• Chapter Lxxviii. The Battle Of Charenton.
• Chapter Lxxix. The Road To Picardy.
• Chapter Lxxx. The Gratitude Of Anne Of Austria.
• Chapter Lxxxi. Cardinal Mazarin As King.
• Chapter Lxxxii. Precautions.
• Chapter Lxxxiii. Strength And Sagacity.
• Chapter Lxxxiv. Strength And Sagacity—continued.
• Chapter Lxxxv. The Oubliettes Of Cardinal Mazarin.
• Chapter Lxxxvi. Conferences.
• Chapter Lxxxvii. Thinking That Porthos Will Be At Last A Baron, And D’artagnan A Captain.
• Chapter Lxxxviii. Shows How With Threat And Pen More Is Effected Than By The Sword.
• Chapter Lxxxix. Difficult For Kings To Return To The Capitals Of Their Kingdoms.
• Chapter Xc. Conclusion.