The Cardinal's Red Lily

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M. von Strom. The Cardinal's Red Lily

The Cardinal's Red Lily

The Cardinal's Red Lily

Dramatis personae

Prologue

I - Prisoners of war

II – Resigned

III – Recruited

IV – Degraded

V - Comrades

VI - Council of War

VII - Enemy contact

VIII - Taking up duty

IX - Front line

X – Conflicts

XI – Sideshow

XII – Patrol

XIII - Scouting Party

XIV - Ruse of War

XV – Rapprochement

XVI - Move out!

XVII – Skirmish

XVIII – Desertion

XIX - Flank Attack

XX – Renegade

XXI – Messenger

XXII – Petticoat Government

XXIII – Reconnaissance

XXIV - Battlefield

XXV – Infirmary

XXVI – Lurking

XXVII – Mousetrap

XXVIII – Retreat

XXIX – Treason

XXX - Brothers in Arms

Epilogue

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The following is a list of the characters involved, with those marked * being historical and/or based on the work of Alexandre Dumas père.

Musketeers and Loyalists

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Rochefort smiled knowingly. One of those officers had behaved so rebellious after the dissolution of the regiment that he initially took a lieutenant's commission without a post. ʹI will seek out this definite one immediately and make him an offer.ʹ

Richelieu raised his hand with a warning gesture. ʹDo it wisely! I want a soldier for my guard. Someone who has not belonged to this house before, but who will be in the palace every day from now on. Someone who will have to endure the contempt of old and new comrades and who, with ambition for another cause, will earn enough trust to find the mademoiselle for us.ʹ The cardinal took a sharp look at Rochefort. ʹNo musketeer, and certainly not this lieutenant, will accept such an offer. Monsieur d'Artagnan had refused our generosity a few years earlier, when his situation was no less difficult.ʹ

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