<DIV><B>A major new translation of one of the most enduring works of literature, from the award- winning, bestselling co-translator of <I>Anna Karenina</I>-with a spectacular, specially illustrated cover</B><br><BR> <I>The Three Musketeers</I> is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas's historical novels and one of the most popular adventure stories ever written. Now in a bracing new translation, this swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d'Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long he finds treachery and court intrigue-and also three boon companions: the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together they strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.<BR><BR></DIV>