First appeared in serial form between 1847 and 1850, &quot;The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later&quot;&nbsp;is the third and last of the Musketeer novels written by Alexandre Dumas as part of his dreamt trilogy &quot;<i>The d&#39;Artagnan Romances,&quot;</i>&nbsp;following &quot;The Three Musketeers&quot; and &quot;Twenty Years After.&quot;<br /><br />Set in the 1660s and concerned with the early reign of&nbsp;Louis XIV, the novel has been called an &quot;origins&quot; story of the King, &quot;a tale about the education of a young man who went on to rule for over 70 years and become one of France&#39;s most beloved monarchs.&quot; Naturally, in a novel about Dumas&#39; musketeers, the characters play an important role in Louis&#39; education.