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Forty-five reliable bodyguards. Forty-five devoted Gascon hearts, ready to cover their overlord from any danger. Forty-five people whose loyalty the king can be sure of. This is a lot or a little, considering that Giza, rushing to power, contains a whole army of hired killers, the king is hated and despised by his own subjects, and in the shadow of the inconspicuous Navarre, the power of the modest `king`, as he calls himself, Henry of Bourbon, who is still only to be called the Great. But for now... for now, these modest forces, inconspicuously directed by the royal jester named Shiko, are enough to keep Valois on the throne staggering under him.

The novel "Forty-Five" is the last novel in the trilogy by A. Dumas, which includes "Queen Margot" and "Countess de Monsoro".