The Three Musketeers

Publisher Marketing: The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized in March-July 1844. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos and Aramis, inseparable friends who live by the motto "all for one, one for all," a motto which is first put forth by d'Artagnan. In 1625 France, d'Artagnan-a poor young nobleman-leaves his family in Gascony and travels to Paris with the intention of joining the Musketeers of the Guard. However, en route, at an inn in Meung-sur-Loire, an older man derides d'Artagnan's horse and, feeling insulted, d'Artagnan demands to fight a duel with him. The older man's companions beat d'Artagnan unconscious with a pot and a metal tong that breaks his sword. His letter of introduction to Monsieur de Treville, the commander of the Musketeers, is stolen. D'Artagnan resolves to avenge himself upon the man, who is later revealed to be the Comte de Rochefort, an agent of Cardinal Richelieu, who is in Meung to pass orders from the Cardinal to Milady de Winter, another of his agents ... Review Citations: School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 103 (EAN 9781599615943, Library Binding) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 372 (EAN 9781599615943, Library Binding) Library Journal 05/15/2006 pg. 143 (EAN 9780670037797, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2007 pg. 26 (EAN 9780670037797, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 188 (EAN 9780670037797, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 240 (EAN 9780670037797, Hardcover) Library Journal 02/15/1994 (EAN 9781558007888, Analog Audio Cassette) New York Times 08/20/2006 pg. 13 (EAN 9780679994367, Library Binding) School Library Journal 08/01/1999 (EAN 9781569945209, Analog Audio Cassette) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 270 (EAN 9780679603320, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 746 (EAN 9780679603320, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 826 (EAN 9780679603320, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 923 (EAN 9780679603320, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/05/2014 pg. 73 (EAN 9780553213379, Mass Market Paperbound) Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2011 pg. 378 (EAN 9780062082305, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 112 (EAN 9780062082305, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 68 (EAN 9780062082305, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 112 (EAN 9780062060136, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 68 (EAN 9780062060136, Paperback) School Library Journal 07/01/2011 pg. 119 (EAN 9789380028576, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1998 pg. 78 (EAN 9780688145835, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 78 (EAN 9780688145835, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Dumas, Alexandre Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was one of the literary lights of France during the Romantic Revolution, his complete works eventually filling over three hundred volumes. George Bernard Shaw described him as "one of the best storytellersa ]that ever lived." The Man in the Iron Mask and The Three Musketeers are available from Brilliance Audio.