Ok bibliophiles: Dumas

[Hypersmurf]

Don't stop there, either. Read everything by Brust you can get your hands on.

Well, yeah

Although I have to admit - Viscount of Adrilankha just didn't grab me, and I haven't gotten around to Lord of Castle Black yet as a consequence.

But apart from that, Brust has been on my buy-on-sight list for about fifteen years, I think

-Hyp.

 

[shilsen]

One Musketeer book which hasn't been mentioned on the thread - The Son of Porthos. I haven't read it myself, so I can't vouch for the quality or lack thereof.

 

[CCamfield]

I would suggest starting with The Three Musketeers (and maybe following books) and The Count of Monte Cristo. If you really like the books, then definitely I would recommend Brust's books as well as The Club Dumas. But I do think they may be appreciated more by people who are fans of the books.

Brust's homage to (or pastiche of) Dumas is concluded with The Viscount of Adrilankha which is split into three books. The Paths of the Dead, Lord of Castle Black, and Sethra Lavode.

 

[Fenris]

One Musketeer book which hasn't been mentioned on the thread - The Son of Porthos. I haven't read it myself, so I can't vouch for the quality or lack thereof.

On this point:

Ok I devoured the Three Musketeers. I went back to the library and got Twenty Years later. Then I picked up three more books. Here is where the confussion lies:
I have The man in the Iron Mask (last I know)
The I have the Vicomte de Bragelonne subtitled The Son of Athos; or Ten Years later
and a third book titled Ten Years Later.

Now the last two books do not start in the same way. It seems that the VdB I have is the Louise de la Vallier that Rhialto pointed out. But the Ten Years later confused me. So I will start on Twenty Years After, and I hope that you all can sort out what I need to read next! They did have a complete Vicomte de Bragelonne but as I do not read French, I didn't check it out

 

[drothgery]

Although I have to admit - Viscount of Adrilankha just didn't grab me, and I haven't gotten around to Lord of Castle Black yet as a consequence.

Well, it's not a complete book; Paths of the Dead isn't the first book of a trilogy, it's the first third of a novel in three parts. Lord of Castle Black is the middle, and Sethra Lavode is the conclusion.