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 Louisâand 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Authorâs Preface
- I: The Three Presents of Monsieur dâArtagnan the Elder
- II: The Antechamber of Monsieur de Tréville
- III: The Audience
- IV: The Shoulder of Athos, the Baldric of Porthos, and the Handkerchief of Aramis
- V: The Kingâs Musketeers and the Cardinalâs Guards
- VI: His Majesty King Louis XIII
- VII: The Domestic Life of the Musketeers
- VIII: A Court Intrigue
- IX: DâArtagnan Begins to Show Himself
- X: A Seventeenth-Century Mousetrap
- XI: The Plot Thickens
- XII: George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham
- XIII: Monsieur Bonacieux
- XIV: The Man of Meung
- XV: Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword
- XVI: In Which SĂ©guier, the Keeper of the Seals, Looks More Than Once for the Bell He Used to Ring
- XVII: In the Bonacieux Household
- XVIII: The Lover and the Husband
- XIX: Plan of Campaign
- XX: The Journey
- XXI: The Comtesse de Winter
- XXII: The Ballet of La Merlaison
- XXIII: The Rendezvous
- XXIV: The Pavilion
- XXV: The Mistress of Porthos
- XXVI: The Thesis of Aramis
- XXVII: The Wife of Athos
- XXVIII: The Return
- XXIX: The Hunt for Equipment
- XXX: Milady
- XXXI: English and French
- XXXII: Dinner at the Prosecutorâs
- XXXIII: Mistress and Maid
- XXXIV: Concerning the Equipment of Aramis and Porthos
- XXXV: At Night All Cats Are Gray
- XXXVI: Dreams of Vengeance
- XXXVII: Miladyâs Secret
- XXXVIII: How Athos, Without Inconveniencing Himself, Acquired His Equipment
- XXXIX: An Apparition
- XL: The Cardinal
- XLI: The Siege of La Rochelle
- XLII: The Anjou Wine
- XLIII: The Inn at Colombier-Rouge
- XLIV: On the Utility of Stovepipes
- XLV: A Conjugal Scene
- XLVI: The Bastion of Saint-Gervais
- XLVII: The Council of the Musketeers
- XLVIII: A Family Affair
- XLIX: The Hand of Fate
- L: A Conversation Between Brother and Sister
- LI: âOfficer!â
- LII: The First Day of Captivity
- LIII: The Second Day of Captivity
- LIV: The Third Day of Captivity
- LV: The Fourth Day of Captivity
- LVI: The Fifth Day of Captivity
- LVII: A Scene from Classical Tragedy
- LVIII: Escape
- LIX: What Happened at Portsmouth on 23 August 1628
- LX: In France
- LXI: The Carmelite Convent at BĂ©thune
- LXII: Two Varieties of Demon
- LXIII: A Drop of Water
- LXIV: The Man in the Red Cloak
- LXV: Judgment
- LXVI: Execution
- LXVII: Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Dramatis Personae: Historical Characters
- Notes on the Text of The Three Musketeers
- Acknowledgments
- Also by Lawrence Ellsworth
- Copyright
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