Les Trois Mousquetaires est le plus celebre des romans d'Alexandre Dumas, initialement publie en feuilleton dans le journal Le Siecle de mars a juillet 1844, puis edite en volume des 1844 aux editions Baudry et reedite en 1846 chez J. B. Fellens et L. P. Dufour avec des illustrations de Vivant Beauce. Il est le premier volet de la trilogie romanesque dite des mousquetaires, a laquelle il donne son nom, suivi par Vingt ans apres (1845) et Le Vicomte de Bragelonne (1847).

The Man in the Iron Mask (French: L'Homme au Masque de Fer; c. 1640 - 19 November 1703) is the name given to an unidentified prisoner who was arrested in 1669 or 1670 and subsequently held in a number of French prisons, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol (modern Pinerolo, Italy). Recent research suggests that his name might have been "Eustache Dauger," but this still has not been completely proven. He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Benigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November 1703 under the name "Marchioly," during the reign...

The novel follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I. Through the words of the main characters, particularly Athos, Dumas comes out on the side of the monarchy in general, or at least the text often praises the idea of benevolent royalty. His musketeers are valiant and just in their efforts to protect young Louis XIV and the doomed Charles I from their attackers.

The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas chronicles the notorious Borgias, an Italian family with ultimate power who turns to corruption.

The principal heroes of the novel are the musketeers. The novel's length finds it frequently broken into smaller parts. The narrative is set between 1660 and 1673 against the background of the transformation of Louis XIV from child monarch to Sun King.

Alexandre Dumas y met en scene les intrigues de cour, l'assassinat de l'amiral de Coligny, le massacre de la Saint-Barthelemy, l'idylle inventee entre la reine de Navarre et le comte de la Mole ainsi que la pratique de la torture judiciaire a la Renaissance. Il fait de Catherine de Medicis une figure inquietante, qui se sert de son astrologue et parfumeur florentin Rene Bianchi pour faire assassiner ses ennemis. Le roman met aussi en scene la conspiration visant a rendre la Navarre a son roi.

En 1672 el pueblo holandes rechaza la republica de los hermanos Johan y Cornelio de Witt para restablecer el estatuderato y entregarselo a Guillermo III de Orange-Nassau. Indiferente a los vaivenes politicos, el ahijado de Cornelio de Witt, Cornelio van Baerle, solo piensa en lograr un tulipan negro, por el que la Sociedad Horticola de Haarlem ha ofrecido una recompensa de 100.000 florines, dentro del ambito de la tulipomania que se extendio en aquella epoca. Sus planes seran truncados por la acusacion de traicion que pesa contra el y por los planes de un vecino envidioso, que conseguiran que...

The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity.

En 1672, le peuple de Hollande renverse la republique des freres Jean et Corneille de Witt pour retablir le stathouderat et le confier a Guillaume III d'Orange-Nassau. Indifferent a ces evenements politiques, le filleul de Corneille de Witt, Cornelius van Baerle, ne songe qu'a confectionner une tulipe noire, pour laquelle la Societe Horticole de Haarlem a promis une recompense de cent mille florins (voir tulipomanie ). Son projet sera contrarie par l'accusation de trahison qui pese contre lui et par les stratagemes d'un voisin envieux, Isaac Boxtel. Cependant, l'espoir de voir cette quete...

After 35 years of loyal service, d'Artagnan resigns as lieutenant of the Musketeers as he perceives the young king Louis XIV as weak-willed. He resolves to aid the exiled Charles II to retake the throne of England, unaware that Athos is attempting the same. With their assistance Charles II is restored to the throne and d'Artagnan is rewarded richly. In France, Cardinal Mazarin has died, leaving Louis to assume power with Jean-Baptiste Colbert as his finance minister. Colbert has an intense hatred for his superior the king's Superintendent of Finances, Nicolas Fouquet, and tries to bring about...