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The Three MusketeersAlexandre Dumas

Classic adventure

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

Young d'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to join the king's musketeers and quickly becomes inseparable from Athos, Porthos, and Aramis after nearly dueling all three. Their loyalty is tested by court intrigues involving Queen Anne, Cardinal Richelieu, the Duke of Buckingham, and the formidable Milady de Winter. Sword fights, secret journeys, romantic mistakes, and political schemes turn personal adventure into a struggle with consequences far beyond the friends' ambitions. Boisterous, fast-moving, and darker than its famous motto suggests, this classic is a spirited vacation read for anyone who wants camaraderie, duels, disguises, dangerous women, and historical intrigue carried forward at full gallop.

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Frequent sword and gun violence, duels and murder; assassination attempts; execution/beheading; sexual coercion and exploitation; adultery/affairs; kidnapping and imprisonment; alcohol use; misogyny and period prejudice.

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