The Three Musketeers, Version 2

Author: Alexandre Dumas

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D’Artagnan, son of a poor Gascon aristocrat, travels to Paris to seek his fortune. His family connections enable him to obtain a position in a Guard regiment. His provincial ingenuousness and his hot-headed sense of honor earn him three duels in as many hours. Thankfully, his preparation with the sword is sufficient to recommend himself to his Musketeer antagonists, and they – Athos, Porthos, and Aramis – become his fast friends.

But fate also crosses D’Artagnan’s path with some dangerous people who become his opponents: a mysterious “man from Meung” and a woman who styles herself Milady, who has formidable seduction skills and a heart that is mean and violent. Fate also inserts D’Artagnan and his Musketeer friends squarely in the middle of a love triangle of heroic proportions – between Anne of Austria (the Queen of France), George Villiers (the Duke of Buckingham, France’s enemy), and the great spymaster, his Eminence the Cardinal Richelieu. Both of these gentlemen can command the armed forces of their respective countries to battle simply for the pleasure of beating the other. And the Musketeers must serve and risk life and limb at the siege of La Rochelle, a place where the Duke and the Cardinal have chosen to match wills.

In this age it was common for young cavaliers to live off the gifts of rich mistresses, and the four friends are certainly, it seems, bereft otherwise, although all are respectably employed as guardsmen to the King himself. Their love connections weave a further web about them which often seems to sidetrack their duty to King and country.

It takes all the efforts of the four to fend off the lethal consequences of mixing in the affairs of their betters and the slings and arrows (not to mention the musket and cannon balls!) of their outrageous fortunes. (Mark F. Smith)

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Author's PrefaceThe Three Presents of D'Artagnan the ElderThe Antechamber of M. de TrevilleThe AudienceThe Shoulder, The Baldric, and The HandkerchiefThe King's Musketeers and The Cardinal's GuardsHis Majesty King Louis XIIIThe Interior of the MusketeersConcerning a Court IntrigueD'Artagnan Shows HimselfA Mousetrap in the Seventeenth CenturyIn Which the Plot ThickensGeorge Villiers - Duke of BuckinghamMonsieur BonacieuxThe Man of MeungMen of the Robe and Men of the SwordIn Which M. de Segurier, Keeper of the Seals, Looks More Than Once for the BellBonacieux at HomeLover and HusbandPlan of CampaignThe JourneyThe Countess de WinterThe Ballet of La MerlaisonThe RendezvousThe PavilionPorthosAramis and His ThesisThe Wife of AthosThe ReturnHunting for the EquipmentsD'Artagnan and the EnglishmanEnglish and FrenchA Procurator's DinnerMistress and SoubretteIn Which the Equipment of Porthos and Aramis Is Treated OfA Gascon a Match for CupidDream of VengeanceMilady's SecretHow, Without Incommoding Himself, Athos Procures His EquipmentA VisionA Terrible VisionThe Siege of La RochelleThe Anjou WineThe Sign of the Red DovecotThe Utility of StovepipesA Conjugal VisitThe Bastion Saint-GervaisThe Council of the MusketeersA Family AffairA FatalityChat Between a Brother and SisterOfficerCaptivity: The First DayCaptivity: The Second DayCaptivity: the Third DayCaptivity: The Fourth DayCaptivity: The Fifth DayMeans of Classical TragedyEscapeWhat Happened at PortsmouthIn FranceThe Carmelite Convent at BethuneTwo Varieties of DemonsThe Drop of WaterThe Man in the Red CloakTrialExecutionConclusionEpilogue

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