His acclaimed translation of Alexandre Dumas’s lost sequel to The Three Musketeers, The Red Sphinx, was published in 2017, and was followed up by his own translation of The Three Musketeers in 2018. The Red Sphinx is actually another name for the Count of Moret, son of King Henry IV and half-brother to King Louis VIII. Dumas never stints the action, witty dialogue and surprising plot developments. Ellsworth learned French so he could read Dumas’s novels in the original language. In Lawrence Ellsworth's excellent, compulsively readable translation. The Red Sphinx by Alexandre Dumas Paperback 18. Dumas's brilliance is highlighted by the word choices that Ellsworth makes, and it's the totality of these choices by Ellsworth that makes Between Two Kings sparkle., Newly translated, this sequel to The Three Musketeers is as fresh as ever. A very entertaining epic., Fans of The Three Musketeers can rejoice in the 800-page English translation of this largely forgotten sequel., Ellsworth successfully balances the need to make a translation comprehensible to its current audience with the duty to preserve the original author's voice. Ellsworth's translation captures a complete narrative. Alexandre Dumas Lawrence Ellsworth The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers Hardcover Januby Alexandre Dumas (Author), Lawrence Ellsworth (Translator) 200 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.

The rest of this year's fiction will have to look sharp: An old master has just set the bar very, very high., Dumas's trademark gifts at crafting engaging historical romances are amply in evidence in this lengthy yet fast-paced volume. Races along with pointed humor and broad quips. And at this task Ellsworth succeeds, giving us a Three Musketeers with more clarity, energy, and simplicity than any previous English edition., Sparkles and shines. I am confident that librarians and English literature teachers around the world are leaping for joy at the publication of The Red Sphinx, and I join them in this excitement., The test of a translator is his capacity to capture this characteristic interplay of the heroic and the ribald the sincere and the ironic the vanished past and the approaching present. A royal treat for fans of historical fiction.

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