The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas is a well-known author of the adventure book The Three Musketeers. It was first released in 1844 under the title "Les Trois Mousquetaires" in French. What does this book have to do with the "French Revolution," you may be wondering? The interesting fact is that Thomas Alexandre Dumas' son, Alexandre Dumas, wrote this book.

The connection was made because Thomas Alexandre Dumas served as a mulatto commander during the French Revolution. This historical romance book is focused on the plot. It recounts the exploits of four fictitious swashbuckling heroes who lived during the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV of France.

This is one of the most well-known of the 250 books written by the inventive author and his 73 assistants. Auguste Maquet, a history professor with whom Dumas collaborated, has been widely credited with the premise as well as the first draft of the original book, "Les Trois Mousquetaires."