When they meet to duel, they’re interrupted by the Cardinal’s Guards. D’Artagnan accidentally picks a fight with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, three Musketeers with a tight-knit friendship. Rochefort steals d’Artagnan’s letter of introduction and money, setting the stage for a novel-long feud.ĭe Treville helps d’Artagnan enroll in a less sophisticated military unit, so he can train and prove himself worthy of the Musketeers.

D’Artagnan carries an important letter of introduction to Monsieur de Treville, the head of the Musketeers.ĭ’Artagnan comes into conflict immediately with Count Rochefort, who works for the malevolent Cardinal Richelieu, one of the king’s most powerful advisers-Rochefort is on his way to meet with Richelieu’s spy, Milady de Winter. The Musketeers are an elite unit of King Louis XIII’s personal military, so called because they carry muskets, which are sophisticated pieces of equipment at the time. In the 1620s, d’Artagnan, a provincial young man from Gascony, makes his way to Paris to achieve his dream of becoming a Musketeer. This guide refers to the Apple Books edition published in 2010. He remains a French icon, with everything from train stations to libraries named after him. His most famous works today are The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo (1846). Dumas was a celebrated figure in his time and his literature continues to be lauded for his integration of different genre tropes, the action-packed nature of his prose, and the subtle societal critiques that inform his stories.

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