The Three Musketeers

This swashbuckling tale, beloved around the world, follows the fortunes of D'Artagnan, a country boy who travels to Paris to join the Musketeers, save his queen from scandal, and outwit the devious Cardinal Richelieu.

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Peter Raby has adapted the Dumas text into a sprawling, multi-scened extravaganza written mostly in purple ink the only color for this kind of tale.

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was one of the literary lights of France during the Romantic Revolution, his complete works eventually filling over three hundred volumes. George Bernard Shaw described him as "one of the best storytellersa ]that ever lived." The Man in the Iron Mask and The Three Musketeers are available from Brilliance Audio.

JOHN LEE is a well-known herbalist, who practices in North Carolina and lectures widely.