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The Three MusketeersAlexandre Dumas

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The Three Musketeers

1844 · France · Novel · ~700 pages

A hot-headed young Gascon rides to Paris to join the King’s Musketeers and falls in with three inseparable swordsmen, plunging into a glittering web of duels, court intrigue, and a queen’s dangerous secret.

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Why read it

The most purely entertaining of the great classics, friendship, swordfights, and “all for one” swagger, with a villainess for the ages. Pure momentum from the first page.

Themes
Setting1625–1628 · France & England

The France of the 1620s under Louis XIII and the scheming Cardinal Richelieu, where a young man could rise or fall on his sword arm, his wit, and his loyalty.

About the author

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), the grandson of a Haitian-French general, was the great showman of French fiction, spinning history into irresistible adventure with a roomful of collaborators.