The Three Musketeers

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 23 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Mixing a bit of seventeenth-century French history with a great deal of invention, Alexandre Dumas tells the tale of young D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis. Together they fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu, who pretends to support the king while plotting to advance his own power. Bursting with swirling swordplay, swooning romance, and unforgettable figures---including the seductively beautiful but deadly femme fatale, Milady, and D'Artagnan's equally beautiful love, Madame Bonacieux--- The Three Musketeers continues, after a century and a half of continuous publication, to define the genre of swashbuckling romance and historical adventure.

©1923 Public Domain (P)2008 Tantor

A Surprising Delight.

I was really surprised how much I loved this book. It was an impulse purchase on Audible, one of those books we feel we ‘should’ read. But oh my goodness, what an exciting and, in places, really funny story. It’s also happily a long book. Parting with the characters at the end was hard but the concluding chapters were very satisfying. #Audible1

Never...

Never can go wrong with Alexandre Dumas. Enjoyed every second of this story. "The Devil!!!"

A perfectly entertaining lengthy book

The book itself is a masterpiece of storytelling with love, adventure and danger in each chapter. Although lengthy the narrator is superb at keeping the listener completely hooked as he wonderfully expressed each character to life.

Kept me wanting more

Adored this Audible…wish I could start again. Great performance, story line so intriguing. One of my favorite books of all time.

Original and Fabulous

First Dumas I've read, and it was a romp. Loosely on history of the King's Musketeers and the siege of La Rochelle which was a Protestant rebellion or the Huegenots, this is a tale of intrigue and the battle of good vs evil.

Fictionalized historic characters include King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, Monsieur de Tréville, Anne of Austria, Duke of Buckingham, and his assassin, John Felton. The characters, both historical and not, are fabulous, and the setting and descriptions wonderfully detailed.

While different from the many movies based on it, this makes me want to go back and see some of those treasures again, and to read more by Dumas.

John Lee's narration was superb and kept the pace of this book wonderfully.

What can I say about the Three Musketeers

I guess the only thing I feel qualified enough to rate is the performance of John Lee- I found his performance outstanding. The characters discernable, and his alliteration is superb. Lee provides the reading this classic deserves.

Sex, Death, and Bravado!

Sex, Death, and Bravado, just what growing teenage boy needs. Athos still spins dice in the corner of a tavern somewhere in France, it is said.

Great narration.

Great author, and story, with amazing narration.
Dumas never disapoints. I highly recomend getting wispersink version for 99 cents.

A Little Wordy at Times

I found the story interesting, but some of the narrative and some of the conversations became tedious.

I do love this narrator though - he was part of the reason I decided to give this classic a try.

Bravo!!

This is an exceptional work of art. Alexandre Dumas is an excellent writer and his story captivates. John Lee does a wonderful job of narrating. He captures the feel and tone of the story perfectly. For my first audio book I am very impressed.