The Three Musketeers (Collins Classics)

Swordplay, court intrigue and a young Gascon's ambition carry Alexandre Dumas's account of d'Artagnan and the three musketeers he falls in with. Dumas builds the story on seventeenth-century French politics, then fills it with duels, missions, rivalries and reversals that move quickly from chapter to chapter. This Collins Classics edition gives the English translation in full, which keeps a long adventure novel readable for students and general readers alike. What the format offers: • Complete English translation of the adventure novel in one volume • Historical setting drawn from the court of Louis XIII • Short, fast chapters that suit reading in daily instalments • Sturdy paperback binding for repeat reading and library shelving A good match for teenage and adult readers of historical adventure, presented in the Collins Classics edition through Boipoka.