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With france on the brink of revolution aramis, athos. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named dartagnan after he leaves home to travel to paris, to join the musketeers of the guard. Who are the three musketeers in the historical novel written by. Hold on to your hats as we take you on an animated gallop through the story of the three musketeers. The novels current publisher is bantam books, new york. Its bursting with swordplay, political intrigue, romance, fortunes won and lost, mistresses kept and stolen, poisoned wine, devious nobility, and vengeance sought and attained. The legend of the three musketeers continues in randall wallaces the man in the iron mask. You can see david nixon obes awardwinning ballet on to.

It was published in serial form in the french magazine, le siecle over the course of 5 months. The three musketeers is a novel by alexandre dumas. The story follows the four freinds dartagnan and his three friends, athos, porthos and aramis who are already members of the musketeersthrough france and. Three musketeers was a success to the extent that it was adapted as a serial in three different period by bbc the three musketeers is a combination of romance, action and history, the mastery of the romance used in the book still works today.

This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. This contribution has not yet been formally edited by britannica. As a historical novel, the three musketeers organizes its story around some of the major characters and events of 17th century french history. Ive had more fun reading the three musketeers than ive had with any book in a long time, and my only regret is that i didnt find my way to dumas sooner. The three musketeers is a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by french author alexandre dumas. An important announcement about the big fish games forums april 29, 2018 0. Yet, before reading the book i could not have named the three athos, porthos, and aramis or given any account of what the musketeers actually did. The three musketeers is a romance par excellence, and the pace of the narrative carries the reader on a delirious journey. Alexandre dumas was the french author who wrote the three musketeers historical novel in 1844. The strength of the characters, from the three musketeers themselves, to cardinal richelieu and the venomous milady, need scarcely be highlighted, so entrenched have they all become in western culture. He also formed his own guard of musketeers, who figure in the opening of the three musketeers. Cardinal richelieu, anne of austria, and other important characters really lived and acted at least roughly the way they do in the novel. While dumas depicts richelieu as an enemy of the king in the book, in reality, he helped louis xiii to consolidate royal power and guided frances diplomatic maneuvering through a wartorn era. The three musketeers by alexandre dumas bookworm history.