Everyman's Library Children's Classics The Three Musketeers, (Hardcover)

from benuathanasia

One of my favorites! Milady is a fascinating character study. She deserves her own story. Yes, the evil, man-destroying succubus was stereotypical even by the time this was written, but Milady is so brilliantly written, I can happily look past that.

from groovykinda

It's not every day I stop while reading a book to say to myself: "Wow. I'm really having a lot of fun." This book and the sequels are a great time.

from slickdpdx

Athos: Well, D'Artagnan, if he doesn't come, it will be because of some delay. He may have tumbled off his horse or fallen on some slippery deck or ridden so fast against the wind that he is ill with a fever. Let us allow for the unforseen, gentlemen, since all is a gamble and life is a chaplet o...

from AltheaAnn

It's always interesting to read the original of such an extremely well-known story to see what the differences between the actual book and the popular consciousness are....A few things that surprised me..."All for one and one for all" - is only said in the book once, and is not made a terribly bi...

from bookworm12

So based on my experience with half a dozen movie versions of this book, I assumed the Cardinal was the big baddie and the story was mainly about the three musketeers. Reading it proved it to be a very different book. The Cardinal is certainly not the hero, but his role is more ambiguous than I e...