The Three Musketeers
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2012
640 pages
978-1-4464-7687-1 (ISBN)
Description
'Pure swashbuckling pleasure' Daily Telegraph
Read this fresh modern translation of Dumas's great work.
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.
Read this fresh modern translation of Dumas's great work.
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.
Reviews / Votes
Rollicking * Independent * Delicious * Guardian * Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers * Guardian * The Napoleon of storytellers * Washington Post *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
File size
0,71 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4464-7687-1 (9781446476871)
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Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers
Book
06/2011
Vintage Classics
€15.50
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Persons
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.
