I felt somewhat like a kid again while reading this. ‘There are cliffhangers at almost every chapter ending and the pace is fast and furious. ‘My guiltiest pleasure when it comes to books is Alexandre Dumas‘ The Three Musketeers.’ The wicked machinations of Cardinal Richelieu and his accomplice, the magnetic Milady de Winter, propel the devoted friends across seas and battlefields from masked balls to a remote convent, in order to defend the honour of the Queen and the life of Constance Bonacieux, d’Artagnan’s true love.ĭashing, knockabout, romantic, violent, chilling and tragic, this buoyant new translation of The Three Musketeers brings Dumas’ masterpiece to joyful life. The young Gascon d’Artagnan and the legendary musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis are ready to sacrifice everything for love, glory and the common good. Paperback | 704 pages The Three Musketeers Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later.Published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of the Oxford World’s Classics series His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors.
The author: Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (French for 'father'), was a French writer. The book: Scarce and attractive edition of The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires - a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas.
Illustration: Including a nice frontispiece portrait and 2 full-page illustrations.
Complete 2 volume set.īinding: Attractive and very good full cloth decorated binding (overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.Ĭontent: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown). Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1890.
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