The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers--------------------------------------------------The Three Musketeers (1844) is one of the most famous historical novelsever written. It is also one of the world's greatest historical adventurestories, and its heroes have become symbols for the spirit of youth,daring, and comradeship. The action takes place in the 1620s at thecourt of Louis XIII, where the musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis,with their companion, the headstrong d'Artagnan, are engaged in a battleagainst Richelieu, the King's minister, and the beautiful, unscrupulousspy, Milady. Behind the flashing blades and bravura, in this firstadventure of the Musketeers, Dumas explores the eternal conflict betweengood and evil. This new edition is the most fully annotated to datein English, providing explanatory notes which set the work in its historical,literary, and cultural context.