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Cardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts
to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of
Buckingham. From Gascony comes D'Artagnan to join the King's
Musketeers in his quest for adventure. He wins the right to membership
by proving his prowess with the sword and forms an eternal alliance with
Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—The Three Musketeers.
After many adventures, he embarks on a dangerous
mission to England to recover a diamond brooch, a gift of the king, which
the queen has given to Buckingham as a token of affection. He recovers
it and returns in time to save the Queen from the wrath of Louis, defeat the
Cardinal's intrigue, and win Constance, the Queen's seamstress. |