# Broussel — Twenty Years After character guide

> Broussel in Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur Broussel, Councillor Broussel

**First appearance:** 0046-xlvii-the-riot

## Who they are

A popular Parisian councillor, whose arrest sparks the Fronde.

## In the story

### [Te Deum for the Victory of Lens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xliv-te-deum-for-the-victory-of-lens)

The councillor whose arrest sparks the riot; his son Louvières attempts to rescue him.

### [XLIX: Misfortune Refreshes the Memory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xlix-misfortune-refreshes-the-memory)

Released from prison, he is triumphantly paraded through Paris by the people, symbolizing the plebeian uprising.

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