A major new translation of one of the most enduring works of
literature, from the award- winning, bestselling co-translator of Anna
Karenina-with a spectacular, specially illustrated cover
The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas's
historical novels and one of the most popular adventure stories ever
written. Now in a bracing new translation, this swashbuckling epic
chronicles the adventures of d'Artagnan, a brash young man from the
countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer
and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long he finds treachery and court
intrigue-and also three boon companions: the daring swordsmen Athos,
Porthos, and Aramis. Together they strive heroically to defend the honor
of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive
spy Milady.
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