Twenty Years After Dumas comes out on the side of the monarchy in general, or at least the text often praises the "idea" of benevolent royalty. His musketeers are valiant and just in their efforts to protect young Louis XIV and the doomed Charles I from their attackers. The action begins during the regency of Queen Anne of Austria (term 1643–1651), with Cardinal Mazarin as First Minister. D'Artagnan, who seemed to have a promising career ahead of him at the end of "The Three Musketeers", has for twenty years remained a lieutenant, and seems unlikely to progress despite his ambition and the debt
Acacia: The Other Lands Acacia: The Other Lands Acacia: The Other Lands is a fantasy novel by American author David Anthony Durham. It is a sequel to . "The Other Lands" refers to the land of the Lothan Aklun, as it is called in The Known World, primary setting of the first novel. According to the summary, we are given our first view of "The Other Lands" in this book. Several years have passed since the demise of Hanish Mein. Corinn Akaran rules with an iron grip on the Known World's many races. She hones her skills in sorcery by studying The Book of