The Three Musketeers

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The Three Musketeers

"All for one and one for all!"
Those were the great words sworn by Athos, Aramis, and Porthos in The Three Musketeers, a novel written by the French writer Alexander Dumas.

Why were they called Musketeers? They don’t use muskets!
A Musketeer was a member in the group of bodyguards who protected the French royalties in the 17th and 18th Centuries. The Musketeers (of the book, anyway, I don’t know about real life) were a military company. But were charged with protecting the king, so wouldn’t normally have to go out in the field. They did use muskets, just not very often.

Set in France during the reign of Louis XIII, The Three Musketeers is a historical romance that tells the story of a young adventurer, D'Artagnan, whose life changed when he left his provincial hometown for Paris, and became friends with three Musketeers -- Athos, Aramis, and Porthos. Together they fought against the evil Cardinal Richelieu for justice, love, and friendship.

"So thus they lived in France of old,
When blood was young and hearts were bold,
And sword crossed sword for honor then,
When life was life and men were men."

Dumas (du-mah'), ALEXANDRE, a celebrated French writer, was born in 1802. He was brought up in a country town, and when about twenty-one went to Paris to seek his fortune. He began to write plays, and soon his Henry III. gained him a great reputation in Paris. Soon after, he went to Switzerland, and wrote for a magazine his impressions of the journey. This work was also successful; but it was his Monte Cristo which made his reputation world-wide.

This novel is said to have aroused more interest than any novel since Robinson Crusoe and Scott's Waverly. This was soon followed by his no less famous Three Musketeers. After these works he engaged to write a large number of stories, any one of which was enough to keep an ordinary man busy. In order to do this work he hired several young writers, and when they had written the first draft of a story, Dumas worked it over and had it published under his own name. This brought him into disrepute, but he kept on in the same plan. He was extravagant in every way, and after engaging in several wild schemes, one of which was joining Garibaldi in 1860, he lost all his fortune and died penniless in 1870.

His son, Alexandre Dumas, is also a writer of some reputation, having written several novels and plays, and a number of essays. Died Nov. 27, 1895.

The Three Musketeers