A continuation of the true story of the youth of Sir d’Artagnan, based on his own memoirs, banned in France and published in Amsterdam in 1701.
Everything that A. Dumas hurried past, distorting the real story in the famous “Three Musketeers,” Alexander Bushkov presents in true light, relying on real historical events. Under the cover of night, following the hero, the reader steps into the legendary Louvre and, by the will of fate, becomes a witness to the intricate twists of palace intrigue. On the line is the fate of France and the heart of a young Gascon.
The intrigue of a new reading of Alexander Dumas’s world-famous novel is built into the very title.
Who could have imagined that Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are crafty schemers, and d’Artagnan is a cunning idalgo unraveling intrigues?—Of course, Alexander Bushkov!