The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas

Three musketeers. Two enemies. One major battle.’‘All for one and one for all!’Country boy d'Artagnan is desperate to join the King's elite band of bodyguards, the Musketeers. And when his fiery loyalties (which often get him into trouble) and incredible sword skill (which get him out again) manages to impress brash Porthos, foppish Aramis and melancholy Athos, the three musketeers and d'Artagnan become friends for life.When they discover that the King they protect is under threat, the Musketeers must outwit the scheming Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady - encountering adventure, friendship, romance and intrigue along the way - in order to save France from destruction. But could a deadly secret be the death of them all?

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

London, New York, Toronto, Sydney and New Delhi

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#ua14b4954-28e5-52ec-9e87-fbdc4be5b6c4)

Title Page (#u7feb486c-1f06-5a1b-995e-45e883974d5a)

Author’s Preface (#uf61a6e24-b04a-5618-b911-c228e64a9ee2)

1 The Three Presents of M. D’Artagnan, the Father (#u17f2977d-5c0f-5088-8fc0-292990ebf8ba)

2 The Antechamber of M. de Treville (#u1682e98f-0871-5aea-8abe-ce884e831d5b)

3 The Audience (#ufaaa7fc2-21be-5d75-a35f-1fcb27ed8392)

4 The Shoulder of Athos, the Belt of Porthos, and the Handkerchief of Aramis (#udbd9ac5e-dcc3-50c1-bdb2-111d5ed20d4d)

5 The King’s Musketeers and the Cardinal’s Guards (#ue5b8b332-9150-5105-9fe5-01dab968c1ca)

6 His Majesty King Louis the Thirteenth (#u5638083a-a76c-5165-b792-ce3ff052c0dd)

7 The Domestic Manners of the Musketeers (#u211ca280-d4c0-530b-be41-3c2be9f97620)

8 The Court Intrigue (#u98daf32b-652b-5a08-8650-b89eb47c2a85)

9 D’Artagnan Begins to Show Himself (#uee4c1210-e6a2-56b6-abe1-ac960b3316f9)

10 A Mousetrap of the Seventeenth Century (#u21ef6bf4-1dd7-5354-aa74-97acfb6b590b)

11 The Intrigue Becomes Confused (#u72d5bfb3-90e1-5cfa-8a52-be15c0741e76)

12 George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham (#uf47fdc21-4b23-5f37-9861-bfec45c09cba)

13 Monsieur Bonancieux (#u4d1dcf8e-1b40-5b1c-bd10-0576ee799901)

14 The Man of Meung (#u8458f38c-a0a8-55db-8b2a-c3a9a91f59d4)

15 Civilians and Soldiers (#litres_trial_promo)

16 In which the Keeper of the Seals, Séguier, looked more than once after the bell, that he might ring it as he had been used to do (#litres_trial_promo)

17 The Bonancieux Household (#litres_trial_promo)

18 The Lover and the Husband (#litres_trial_promo)

19 The Plan of the Campaign (#litres_trial_promo)

20 The Journey (#litres_trial_promo)

21 The Countess de Winter (#litres_trial_promo)

22 The Ballet of “The Merlaison” (#litres_trial_promo)

23 The Appointment (#litres_trial_promo)

24 The Pavilion (#litres_trial_promo)

25 Porthos (#litres_trial_promo)

26 The Thesis of Aramis (#litres_trial_promo)

27 The Wife of Athos (#litres_trial_promo)

28 The Return (#litres_trial_promo)

29 The Hunt after Equipments (#litres_trial_promo)

30 “My Lady” (#litres_trial_promo)

31 English and French (#litres_trial_promo)

32 An Attorney’s Dinner (#litres_trial_promo)

33 Maid and Mistress (#litres_trial_promo)

34 Concerning the Equipments of Aramis and Porthos (#litres_trial_promo)

35 All Cats are alike Gray in the Dark (#litres_trial_promo)

36 The Dream of Vengeance (#litres_trial_promo)

37 The Lady’s Secret (#litres_trial_promo)

38 How, without disturbing himself, Athos obtained His Equipment (#litres_trial_promo)

39 A Charming Vision (#litres_trial_promo)

40 A Terrible Vision (#litres_trial_promo)

41 The Siege of La Rochelle (#litres_trial_promo)