The Three Musketeers

Perhaps the greatest ΓÇ£cloak and swordΓÇ¥ story ever written,The Three Musketeersfirst published ion 1844is a tale for all time. Pitting the heroic young dΓÇÖArtagnan and his noble compatriotsAthosPorthosand Aramis against the master of intrigueCardinal Richelieuand the quintessential wicked womanLady de WinterAlexandre Dumas has created an enchanted France of swordplayschemes and assignations. The era and the characters are based on historical factbut the glittering romance and fast-paced action spring from a great writerΓÇÖs incomparable imagination. From the perilous retrieval of the queens gift to her lover in time to foil RechelieuΓÇÖs plot to the melodramatic revelation of Lady de WinterΓÇÖs true identityThe Three Musketeers is the unchallenged archetype for literary romance and a perennial delight for generations of readers.