{"product_id":"the-three-musketeers-9781681776149","title":"The Three Musketeers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn March of 1844, the Parisian paper \u003cem\u003eThe Century\u003c\/em\u003e began publishing instalments of a new tale by France's favourite author, Alexandre Dumas. Week after week, readers thrilled to the adventures of the brave and clever d'Artagnan and his loyal comrades. Collected for book publication at the end of that year, and quickly translated into a dozen languages, \u003cem\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/em\u003e was a worldwide sensation—nowhere more so than in the United States. Citizens of the brash new republic recognised kindred spirits in the bold musketeers, and the book and its sequels found an eager American readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel's fast-moving story is set in the royal court of Louis XIII, where the swaggering King's Musketeers square off against their rivals: the crimson-clad Guards of the dreaded Cardinal Richelieu. The Red Duke rules France with an iron hand in the name of King Louis—and of Queen Anne, who dares a secret love affair with France's enemy, England's Duke of Buckingham. Into this royal intrigue leaps the brash d'Artagnan, a young swordsman from the provinces determined to find fame and fortune in Paris. Bold and clever, in no time the youth finds himself up to his Gascon neck in adventure, while earning the enduring friendship of the greatest comrades in literature, the Three Musketeers: noble Athos, sly Aramis, and the giant, good-hearted Porthos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow from Lawrence Ellsworth, acclaimed translator of \u003cem\u003eThe Red Sphinx\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a new rendition of \u003cem\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/em\u003e for a new century, one that captures anew the excitement, humour, and spirit of Alexandre Dumas's greatest novel of historical adventure. Whether you're meeting the musketeers for the first time or discovering them all over again, it's all for one, one for all, in this timeless tale of honour and glory, the flash of dark eyes, and the clash of bright steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643408728300,"sku":"9781681776149","price":117.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ac01babd4490a8580f99ba4067e77f52.jpg?v=1779227240","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-three-musketeers-9781681776149","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}