The Three Musketeers

Author(s): Alexandre Dumas

Fiction

A major new translation of one of the most enduring works of literature, from the award- winning, bestselling co-translator of "Anna Karenina"awith a spectacular, specially illustrated cover
"The Three Musketeers" is the most famous of Alexandre Dumasas historical novels and one of the most popular adventure stories ever written. Now in a bracing new translation, this swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of daArtagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long he finds treachery and court intrigueaand also three boon companions: the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together they strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.

General Information

  • : 9780143105008
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
  • : Penguin Books
  • : 0.789
  • : 01 September 2007
  • : United States
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Alexandre Dumas
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : 907
  • : Tom Gauld
  • : English
  • : 704
  • : General & literary fiction; Classic fiction