The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Bookworm History

Episode 13: On collaborators, memoirs, the ghosts behind the Musketeers The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Greetings, folks On this episode of Bookworm History we re off on an adventure in the name of the king as we discuss the story behind The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. I first discovered The Three Musketeers when I was 14 and was swept away into a world of adventures, swashbucklers, and feats of daringdo. It was the book that really fueled my interest in history and started me down the path of separating fact from fiction within historical works. As a result of digging into Dumas, Hugo, Orczy, Stendhal and many others I probably learned more of European history than I did in high school history classes. The tale behind The Three Musketeers is one of controversy, as we try to sort out exactly what August Maquet s role was. It also transports us back to seventeenth century France, as we uncover the real people b