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
Twenty Years (song) Twenty Years (song) "Twenty Years" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo, included on their 2004 best-of compilation release "". It was the only entirely new song to be released as a single (although "Protège-Moi", a French-language re-recording of an earlier song, was released in France). In the UK, it peaked at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart. In Australia, the song was ranked at 95 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. The song was one of two songs (along with "The Bitter End") performed by Placebo at the Paris leg of the international Live 8