Alexandre Dumas was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Editor David Coward is a Reader in French at the University...

''D'Artagnan is the captain of the Musketeers and threads his way among political plotters and old friends. Dumas works in political intrigue, clandestine romance, duels, honor, the capricious Sun King, and battle scenes, for which he is...