Twenty Years After · Character
Pretty Madeleine
An innkeeper's daughter in Paris.
minor
Also known as Madeleine, The handsome Madeleine
First appearance: VI: D'Artagnan in His Fortieth Year
Pretty Madeleine shows up with force in VI: D'Artagnan in His Fortieth Year. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The Flemish innkeeper of the Rue Tiquetonne, with whom D'Artagnan has had a three-year relationship.
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In VI: D'Artagnan in His Fortieth Year: The Flemish innkeeper of the Rue Tiquetonne, with whom D'Artagnan has had a three-year relationship. She wishes to marry him, but he refuses. She later appears with a Swiss man…
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- Frondeurs and Royal Court
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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