Auguste Maquet

During the reign of France's King Louis XIV, D'Artagnan and three musketeers unite to defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal Richeliu.

In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon entering Paris, became almost immediately embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers.

v.1-2. The Count of Monte Cristo. v.3. Marguerite de Valois. 4. La dame de Monsoreau. v.5 The forty-five. 6. The three muscateers. v.7. Twenty years after. v.8-10. Vicomte de Braglonne. v.11. Ascanio. 12. Page of the Duke of Savo. v.13. Chevalier d'Harmental. The regent's daughter. v.14. Memoirs of a physician. v.16. The queen's necklace. v.17. Ange Piton. v.18-19. La comtesse de Charny. v.20. Chevalier de Maison Rouge. Sylvandire.

Three great swordsmen, Porthos, Aramis, and Anthos, with their protege, D'Artagnan, match wits with the sinister Cardinal Richelieu who seeks to divide the royalty in his own quest for power.

De l'immense production pseudo-historique de ce fécond écrivain, un récit (1842) qui tourne autour de la reine Marie-Antoinette à la veille d'être décoiffée.