Set in 1625–1628, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although D'Artagnan is not able to join this elite corps immediately, he befriends the three most formidable musketeers of the age: Athos, Porthos and Aramis and gets involved in affairs of the state and court.

The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.The story takes place in France, Italy and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815–1838. It begins from just before the Hundred Days period (when Napoleon returned to power after his...

The Musketeers: Complete D'Artagnan Series by Alexandre Dumas. Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was a French writer.The complete adventures of d'Artagnan are told in the D'Artagnan Series that includes:The Three Musketeers,Twenty Years After,The Vicomte of Bragelonne,Ten Years Later,Louise de la Valliere,The Man in the Iron Mask.Those novels by Dumas are together known as the d'Artagnan Romances.Set in the 17th century, it recoun...

Ali Pasha of Tepelena surnamed Aslan, "the Lion", or the "Lion of Yannina" (1740 – 24 January 1822), was a Muslim Albanian who served as an Ottoman pasha of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territory, which was referred to as the Pashalik of Yanina.

In 1815 Edmond Dantès, a young and successful merchant sailor who has just recently been granted the succession of his erstwhile captain Leclère, returns to Marseille to marry his Catalan fiancée Mercédès. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the d...

France had been changed to a limited monarchy from an absolute one, and King Louis XVI. had solemnly sworn to defend the new Constitution. But it had been remarked by shrewd observers that he had not attended the Te Deum at the Paris Cathedral, with the members of the National Assembly: that is, he would tell a lie but not commit perjury. The people were therefore on their guard against him, while they felt that his Queen, Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Austria, was ever their foe. But ...

“Everything for one and for all!” In this concluding episode of the saga of the three Musketeers, the actions of Aramis and other musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and the most fascinating of all, D’Artagnan - bear honor or misfortune ... and one terrible punishment for the final loser in the real battle.

The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos and Aramis, inseparable friends who live by the motto "all for one, one for all", a motto which is first put forth by d'Artagnan.In 1625 France, d'Artagnan—a poor young nobleman—lea...

The Three Musketeers is telling you about the adventure of a young man name D'Artagnan.He leaves his home to go to Paris,to being the Musketeers of the Guard.Although he is not able to join this elite corps immediately,he befriends the three most majestic musketeers of the age,Athos,Porthos,and Aramis,and get involved in affairs of the state and court.

The Man in the Iron Mask is a name given to a prisoner arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669 or 1670, and held in a number of jails, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol (today Pinerolo, Italy). He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November 1703 under the name of Marchioly, during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643–1715). The possible identity of this man has been thoroughly discussed and ha...

It was a winter night, and the ground around Paris was covered with snow, although the flakes had ceased to fall since some hours.Spite of the cold and the darkness, a young man, wrapped in a mantle so voluminous as to hide a babe in his arms, strode over the white fields out of the town of Villers Cotterets, in the woods, eighteen leagues from the capital, which he had reached by the stage-coach, towards a hamlet called Haramont. His assured step seemed to indicate that he had prev...

TAKING THE BASTILE OR PITOU THE PEASANT A HISTORICAL STORY OF THE GREAT FRENCH REVOLUTION. BY ALEXANDER DUMAS Translated By Henry Llewellyn Williams.   TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I.     THE SON OF GILBERT. CHAPTER II.     ANGE PITOU. CHAPTER III.     A REVOLUTIONARY FARMER. CHAPTER IV.     LONG LEGS ARE GOOD FOR ...