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The novel's fast-moving story is set in the royal court of Louis XIII, where the swaggering King's Musketeers square off against their rivals: the crimson-clad Guards of the dreaded Cardinal Richelieu. The Red Duke rules France with an iron hand in the name of King Louis--and of Queen Anne, who dares a secret love affair with France's enemy, England's Duke of Buckingham. Into this royal intrigue leaps the brash d'Artagnan, a young swordsman from the provinces determined to find fame and fortune in Paris. Bold and clever, in no time the youth finds himself up to his Gascon neck in adventure, while earning the enduring friendship of the greatest comrades in literature, the Three Musketeers: noble Athos, sly Aramis, and the giant, good-hearted Porthos.
Now from Lawrence Ellsworth, acclaimed translator of The Red Sphinx, comes a new rendition of The Three Musketeers for a new century, one that captures anew the excitement, humor, and spirit of Alexandre Dumas's greatest novel of historical adventure. Whether you're meeting the musketeers for the first time or discovering them all over again, it's all for one, one for all, in this timeless tale of honor and glory, the flash of dark eyes, and the clash of bright steel.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Dumas, Alexandre
- ISBN: 9781587264399
- Condition: Used
- Publication Year: 2006
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David B. - 3 years 2 months agoThere are a lot of classics out there that are not page-turners--classics that we think that we SHOULD read, even if we may not really want to. But anyone familiar with Dumas need not worry about that. He has a knack for telling a good story. I devoured this book, and I'm not usually a fast reader. Chapters just kept flying by. This is one of the few books that I carried with me wherever I went. I just needed to find out what happened next! The action is brisk, the characterizations rich. The plot is elaborate, but not annoyingly so. There is a lot of humor, but also some surprising darkness. By the end of the book, you don't want it to be over. And how many times can you really say that?
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