Considering how many books I read per month, I am staggered that it took me 32 years to finally get around to reading the Three Musketeers. This is an excellent book and one of the best pieces of literature that I have ever got my hands on. I was totally gripped from start to finish.
D'Artagnan goes to Paris to seek his fortune and hopefully to join the coveted King's Musketeers. No sooner is he in the capital than he is fighting a duel with the Musketeers and this brings him to their notice. Since there are no vacancies in the elite group, D'Artagnan is put in the Kings Guards and promised a place in the Musketeers when a vacancy arises. Despite this though, D'Artagnan and the three Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis and Athos, are soon inseparable and are soon getting into fights and adventures, especially with the dangerous Cardinal Richeleau and the deadly but mysterious Milady. But with people like the Duke of Buckingham, Lord De Winter and Monsieur De Trevielle, the group soon triumph and get the girl...
A wonderfully written, absorbing story and I can't wait for part 2 in the Musketeers trilogy.