The Three Musketeers
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This eBook is the famous Three Musketeers story we all know! It follows the story of d'Artagnan, a poor young nobleman who leaves his family for Paris with the intention of joining the Musketeers of the Guard. At an inn in Meung-sur-Loire, an older man insults d'Artagnan's horse. d'Artagnan demands a duel with him and is beaten unconscious by the older man's companions with a pot and a metal tong that breaks his sword, worse yet, they steal his letter of introduction to Monsieur de Tréville, the commander of the Musketeers. D'Artagnan resolves to avenge himself upon the man, who is later revealed to be the Comte de Rochefort, an agent of Cardinal Richelieu, who is in Meung to pass orders from the Cardinal to Milady de Winter, another of his agents.
In Paris, d'Artagnan visits de Tréville at the headquarters of the Musketeers, but the meeting du to the loss of his letter the de Tréville refuses his application to join. From de Tréville's window, d'Artagnan sees Rochefort passing in the street below and rushes out of the building to confront him, but inadvertely he causes offence to three of the Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, who each demand satisfaction of a duelthat afternoon. When d'Artagnan prepares himself for the first of the three duels, he realizes that Athos' counterparts are actually Porthos and Aramis. Just as the fight is about to begin, Cardinal Richelieu's guards appear; they try to arrest d'Artagnan and the three Musketeers for illegal dueling. Although outnumbered, the four of them win the battle that follows. In the course of events, d'Artagnan duels with and seriously wounds Jussac, one of the Cardinal's officers and a renowned fighter. After learning of this event, King Louis XIII appoints d'Artagnan to des Essart's company of guards and gives him forty gold coins. Let the story continue...
- Author(s): Alexandre Dumas
