The Three Musketeers (Everyman's Library Classics Series)

A Swashbuckling Epic Of Chivalry, Honor, And Derring-do, It Is Set In France During The 1620s And Richly Populated With Romantic Heroes, Unattainable Heroines, Kings, Queens, Cavaliers, And Criminals In A Whirl Of Adventure, Espionage, Conspiracy, Murder, Vengeance, Love, Scandal, And Suspense. Dumas Transforms Major And Minor Historical Figures Into Larger-than-life Characters: The Brave D'artagnan, An Impetuous Young Man In Pursuit Of Glory; The Beguilingly Evil Seductress 'milady''; The Powerful And Devious Cardinal Richelieu; The Weak King Louis Xiii And His Unhappy Queen--and, Of Course, The Three Musketeers Themselves, Athos, Porthos, And Aramis, Whose Motto 'all For One, One For All' Has Come To Epitmize The Devoted Friendship. With A Plot That Delivers Stolen Diamonds, Masked Balls, Purloined Letters, And, Of Course, Great Bouts Of Swordplay, The Three Musketeers Is Eternally Entertaining--publisher Description, P. [2] Of Dust Jacket. The Three Gifts Of M. D'artagnan The Elder -- The Antechamber Of M. De Treville -- The Audience -- The Shoulder Of Athose, The Baldric Of Porthos, And The Handerchief Of Aramis -- The Kings' Musketeers And The Cardinal's Guards -- His Majesty King Louis Xiii -- The Housekeeping Of The Musketeers -- A Court Intrigue -- D'artagnan Shows Himself -- A Mouse-trap In The Seventeenth Century -- The Intrigue Grows Tangled -- George Villiers, Duke Of Buckingham -- Monsieur Bonacieux -- The Man Of Meung -- Men Of The Robe And Men Of The Sword -- In Which M. Seguier, The Keeper Of The Seals, Looks More Than Once For The Bell, In Order To Ring It, As He Did Before -- Bonacieux At Home -- The Lover And The Husband -- Plan Of The Campaign -- The Journey -- The Comtess De Winter -- The Ballet Of La Merlaison -- The Rendezvous -- The Pavilion -- The Mistress Of Porthos -- The Thesis Of Aramis -- The Wife Of Athos -- The Return -- Hunting For Their Equipments -- Milady -- English And French -- A Procurator's Dinner -- Soubrette And Mistress -- In Which The Outfit Of Aramis And Porthose Is Treated Of -- All Cats Are Grey In The Dark -- Dream Of Vengeance -- Milady's Secret -- How, Without Incommoding Himself, Athos Found His Outfit -- A Vision -- A Terrible Vision -- The Seige Of Rochelle -- The Anjou Wine -- The Inn Of The Red Dovecot -- The Utility Of Stove-pipes -- A Conjugal Scene -- The Bastion St. Gervais -- The Council Of The Musketeers -- A Family Affair -- Fatality -- Chat Of A Brother With A Sister -- Officer -- The First Day Of Captivity -- The Second Day Of Captivity -- The Third Day Of Captivity -- The Fourth Day Of Captivity -- The Fifth Day Of Captivity -- Means For Classical Tragedy -- Escape -- What Took Place At Portsmouth Au.. 23, 1628 -- In France -- The Carmelite Convent At Bethune -- Two Varieties Of Demons -- The Drop Of Water -- The Man In The Red Cloak -- Judgment -- Execution -- The Cardinal's Messenger -- Epilogue. Alexandre Dumas ; With An Introduction By Allan Massie. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xxi). Translated From The French.