The Comte de Rochefort is a secondary, but important, fictional character in Alexandre Dumas' d'Artagnan Romances. The d'Artagnan Romances are a set of three novels by Alexandre Dumas telling the story of the Musketeer D'Artagnan from his humble beginnings in Gascony He is described as "around forty or forty-five, fair with a scar across his cheek".
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In "The Three Musketeers"
His first appearance is in the opening chapter of The Three Musketeers. The Three Musketeers ( Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a Novel by Alexandre Dumas père. He insults d'Artagnan and steals his letter of recommendation to Monsieur Treville, causing d'Artagnan to swear revenge. Charles de Batz-Castelmore Comte d'Artagnan (c Lupiac 1611 - 25 June, Maastricht
He reappears from time to time as the story progresses; it is he who kidnaps Constance Bonancieux, and we eventually learn that he is the main agent of Cardinal Richelieu. This article is about a cardinal For information on the Russian also called The Red Eminence, see Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov. However, in the end he and an older and wiser d'Artagnan, having fought inconclusively on three occasions, settle their differences and become friends.
In "Twenty Years After"
Rochefort would reappear in the sequel, Twenty Years After. Twenty Years After ( Vingt ans après) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas père. Having been put into bad favor with Richelieu's successor Mazarin, he only comes out of the Bastille after five years. Jules Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino ( July 14 1602 &ndash March 9 1661) was an accomplished French statesman The Bastille was a Fortress - Prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine —Number 232 Rue Saint-Antoine—best known today When Mazarin dismisses him from service for being too old, he joins the side of the Frondeurs. La Fronde (1648–1653 was a Civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635 He aids Athos in freeing the Duke of Beaufort and reappears in the end at the riot against Mazarin's return. Athos (born c 1595; died 1661 is a Fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and Not realizing who he was in the chaos, d'Artagnan kills his old friend, as he had predicted he would if they fought a fourth time.
In Other Fiction
- As d'Artagnan was the subject of Courtilz de Sandras' writings, which Dumas used to make the Romances, Rochefort was as well. Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (1644–1712 was a French novelist journalist pamphleteer and memorialist The fictional Memoirs of Monsieur Le Comte de Rochefort was written in 1678, although Dumas did not take much from the story aside from the name.
- In Courtilz's d'Artagnan stories, a man named Rosny is in the Rochefort role.
- Rochefort (obviously) plays a role in the book "The Club Dumas"
- Rochefort is the narrator and protagonist of Mary Gentle's novel 1610: A Sundial in a Grave. The Club Dumas is a 1993 novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The book is set in a world of antiquarian booksellers echoing his previous work Mary Rosalyn Gentle (born 1956 is a UK Science fiction and Fantasy author
In Film
In film Rochefort has been played by:
- Ian Keith in the 1948 movie The Three Musketeers
- Christopher Lee in the 1973 movie The Three Musketeers, as well as the sequels The Four Musketeers and The Return of the Musketeers. Ian Keith ( February 27, 1899 – March 26, 1960) was an American actor The Three Musketeers ( 1948) is a Technicolor Adventure film adaptation of the classic novel The Three Musketeers by Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922 is a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated Saturn Award-winning English Actor The Three Musketeers is a 1973 film based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas père. The Four Musketeers is the title of a 1974 Richard Lester film which follows upon his film of the previous year The Three Musketeers The Return of the Musketeers is a 1989 film loosely based on the novel Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas père.
- Michael Wincott in the 1993 movie The Three Musketeers. Michael Anthony Claudio Wincott He is the younger brother of actor Jeff Wincott. The Three Musketeers is a 1993 film version of the classic story from Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Stephen Herek and starring
Film incarnations tend to depict Rochefort as a far darker character than is the novel. Unlike in the original novel, d'Artagnan ends up killing Rochefort in duel in The Four Musketeers (though he turns up alive in The Return in the Musketeers), and the character suffers the same fate in the 1993 adaptation. In his three appearances as Rochefort, Christopher Lee wore an eyepatch, intended to make the character look more sinister. Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922 is a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated Saturn Award-winning English Actor An eyepatch is a small patch that is worn in front of one eye The eyepatch, while a departure from Rochefort's appearance in Dumas' novel, was deemed striking enough to be retained in several other adaptations, as Wincott retained it in his portrayal of the character, as well as in Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds. Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds is a cartoon version of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers.
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