Twenty Years After · Character
Bernouin
Mazarin's valet and trusted servant.
minor
Also known as Monsieur Bernouin
First appearance: The Gascon and the Italian
Bernouin shows up with force in The Ghost of Cardinal Richelieu. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mazarin's valet, who assists him with his disguise and lights the way downstairs.
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In The Ghost of Cardinal Richelieu: Mazarin's valet, who assists him with his disguise and lights the way downstairs. Later, in Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-Six: Mazarin's valet, lights the way through the…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Supporting Characters and Historical Figures
- Frondeurs and Royal Court
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because it marks the psychological and political reversal of Madame de Longueville…
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- The Ghost of Cardinal Richelieu
- Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-Six
- The Gascon and the Italian
- Cromwell's Letter
- Henrietta Maria and Mazarin
- The Interview
- The Carriage of Monsieur le Coadjuteur
- LXXXVIII: Shows How with Threat and Pen More Is Effected Than by the Sword
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See Bernouin in The Gascon and the Italian