The three musketeers: translated from the French of Alexandre Dumas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781535814836)

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 ofThe 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.

Author: Alexandre Dumas
ISBN-10: 1535814837
ISBN-13: 9781535814836
Publisher: Gale and the British Library
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1846
Pages: 138
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.30d