Book description
'Pure swashbuckling pleasure' Daily Telegraph
The young D'Artagnan travels to Paris determined to join King Louis
XIII's elite guards. Hot-headed and raring to prove himself,
D'Artagnan challenges three strangers to a duel. These strangers are
none other than the daring band of Musketeers - Porthos, Athos and
Aramis. D'Artagnan's fearless spirit impresses them and the Musketeers
take him under their wing. Soon, the wicked plots of Cardinal
Richelieu and Milady de Winter propel the four musketeers to
adventures on horseback, across seas and over rooftops to defend the
honour of the Queen and protect the life of the King. This is a
rousing tale of thrilling swordplay and royal intrigue, brave friends
and the basest treachery.
See also: The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas was a French playwright, historian and prolific
novelist, penning a string of successful books including
The Three Musketeers
(1844),
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1845), and
Twenty Years After
(1845). His novels have been translated into a hundred different
languages and inspired over two hundred films. In his day Dumas was as
famous for his financial irresponsibility and flamboyant lifestyle as
for his writing. Dumas died in 1870.
