Publisher's Synopsis
The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas in the original French, with over two-hundred beautiful illustrations by Maurice Leloir, from and edition originally published in 1898. This is a reproduction of the finest illustrated version of the Three Musketeers ever produced. With his heart set upon becoming a Musketeer, the young d'Artagnan travels to Paris and before a single day passes he meets and is befriended by three of the most infamous of that elite company, Athos, Porthos and Aramis and he quickly becomes entangled in courtly intrigues with the sinister agents of Cardinal Richelieu, including the dastardly Comte de Rochefort and the infamous Milady de Winter. Detailing actual, historical events and based upon the memoirs of a real Captain of the Musketeers, Charles de Batz de Castlemore, also known as d'Artagnan, The Three Musketeers remains one of the most widely read and beloved books of all time.
