"All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall." - Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers (1844) by Alexander Dumas is a historical and adventure French novel that recounts the ventures of an impetuous young man named d'Artagnan, who leaves home to travel to Paris, yearning to join the Musketeers of the Guard. But unsuccessful at joining the elite corps immediately, d'Artagnan is soon befriended by the three most formidable musketeers of the age - Athos, Porthos and Aramis- and gets tangled in matters of the state.""