Somehow this got onto my to read list, when in reality I've read it several times. I *love* the Three Musketeers. This was a book that I picked up out of curiosity many, many years ago, and I really didn't expect to enjoy it. I was so wrong! The story is well written and exciting, and it quickly...
I started reading Alexandre Dumas's famous book The Three Musketeers when I was 15 years old, half a lifetime ago. I remember reading, oh, 100+ pages or so and enjoying it. However, I was distracted by something else and set it down, vowing one day to pick it up again. It took 18 years and I've fin...
For the Celebrity Death Match Review Tournament, The Lord of the Rings (2) versus Les Trois Mousquetaires (31)Three musketeers for the elven kings under the skySeven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stoneNine for mortal man, doomed to dieOne for Cardinal RichelieuIt's a beautiful afternoon here...
***THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE AUDIOBOOK READ BY SIMON VANCE***This is my second Dumas experience, and I find it a disappointing one. I read, and LOVED The Count of Monte Cristo a while back. It was honestly one of the best reading experiences I've ever had, and I didn't want it to end. So I started The ...
I love Dumas! I had only read the Count of Monte Cristo and did not thought the 3 musketeers could top it, but it did.Something that caught my attention from the start was each chapter's independence from the rest of the book, which is the product of it's publication as a serial in a newspaper. Each...
I expected to like this, and I did. I was pleasantly surprised by how much more nuanced the book is than the many movie versions: the cardinal is not unmitigated evil and the four protagonists are not always noble. I'd never read anything by Dumas before, and I'm sure I will again.
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