The Forty-Five Guardsmen

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French novel adventure novel historical novel novel

The Forty-Five Guardsmen is a historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that continues his Valois trilogy, dramatizing the intrigues and power struggles in late 16th-century France.

Aliases (1)

the Forty-Five ×2

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French novel → adventure novel → historical novel → novel →
author	Alexandre Dumas →
countryOfOrigin	France →
depictsEventType	court intrigue →
depictsInstitution	French monarchy →
featuresGroup	the Forty-Five →
featuresHistoricalFigure	Catherine de' Medici → Henry III of France NERFINISHED → Henry of Navarre NERFINISHED →
follows	La Dame de Monsoreau →
genre	adventure fiction → historical fiction →
hasNarrativeStyle	serialized adventure →
hasTitleInEnglish	The Forty-Five Guardsmen →
hasTitleInFrench	Les Quarante-Cinq →
historicalBackdrop	French Wars of Religion →
language	French →
literaryForm	novel →
literaryMovement	Romanticism →
literarySeriesPosition	third novel in the Valois trilogy →
mainTheme	conspiracy → loyalty → political intrigue → power struggles → religious conflict →
narrativeForm	prose →
originalLanguageTitle	Les Quarante-Cinq →
partOfSeries	Valois trilogy →
prequel	La Dame de Monsoreau →
protagonistAffiliation	royal bodyguard →
relatedWork	La Dame de Monsoreau → Queen Margot →
setInPeriod	late 16th-century France →
setting	France → Paris →
workOf	Alexandre Dumas →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Forty-Five Guardsmen ("the Forty-Five") →	featuresGroup
Queen Margot →	followedBy
The Forty-Five Guardsmen →	hasTitleInEnglish
Alexandre Dumas →	notableWork
the Fifteen ("the Forty-Five") →	precedes