It was called GREAT ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS. I can remember reading a series of books like CLASSIC STARTS when I was growing up in the 1970s. It’s also good if you want to learn about the time period. I would defiantly recommend this book to boys and girls.

I am not sure if it’s supposed to be educational though. I think the author wanted me to know about the time of the musketeers. I think that’s probably the best part of the book. I don’t really know if the story has a climax. She also caused tons of trouble sort of like me. On the way they run into the evil Cardinal and Milady. Then they go on an adventure to save D’Artaganan’s love. They go on an adventure to save the queen. The book was about 3 musketeers and a man named D’Artaganan. He became one of the leading authors of the French Romantic Movement, in Paris. At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career.ĭumas's father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.ĭumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race.

Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.Īlexandre Dumas, père (French for 'father', akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 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. This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son).

The 3 musketeers book