Alexandre Dumas (pere) (1802-1870) wrote this classic swashbuckling adventure story in monthly installments in 1844. The story tells the tale of the young Gascon D'Artagnan who goes to Paris where he eventually is elected to serve in the elite Musketeers who guarded King Louis XIII. The novel tells us one exciting adventure after another in a melodramic mix of love; warfare (the siege of the Protestant fortress of La Rochelle by the forces of the King and Cardinal Richelieu and spicy intrigue. The evil Lady De Winter (known as Milady) who weaves her spidery web around fatuous lovers in an attempt to gain power and wealth. She even seeks to seduce D'Artangan. She is one of the best villianesses in literature; her fate is grisly and very well deserved!We also witness the machinations of the Machiavellian Cardinal Richelieu and learn the fate of the Duke of Buckingham who is a minister of Charles I of England. Buckingham falls victim to the evil Milady.
If you want depth of character and intellectual stimulation there are novelists who will better serve your needs that the immortal Dumas! If, however, you want to read the granddaddy of all swashbucklinig books then Dumas is your author. The book is better than all the movies based upon it. There are sexual situations described which make it an adult novel.
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