Three Musketeers

Author: (French) Alexandre Dumas
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was a famous French popular historical novelist. The Three Musketeers is one of his major works. The protagonist, d'Artagnan, is a nobleman from the provinces who comes to Paris and joins the Musketeers of King Louis XIII, forming a close friendship with the other three musketeers. Queen Anne had an affair with the British Prime Minister Buckingham, and Anne gave a string of diamond pendants to Buckingham. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister Richelieu, who was in conflict with the Queen, sent someone to Britain to steal two diamonds from the pendants, hoping to humiliate the Queen at the ball. D'Artagnan volunteers to go to Britain with his three friends, and after several twists and turns, he finally retrieves the pendants, saving the Queen's reputation.