Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Inspired by ‎⁨@BenjaminMcEvoy⁩  I put together this video about how to read The Three Musketeers and Love It. ‎⁨@saintdonoghue⁩  provided me with some invaluable advice, too.

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00:00 Intro
00:33 Why I Made this Video
01:12 Historical Context
02:12 No Exposition Needed
03:14 More Historical Context
03:25 Characters and Relationships
03:42 What Is a Musketeer?
04:23 D'Artagnan
05:04 Narrative Structure
06:01 Themes
06:41 17th Century France
08:26 The Plot
09:37 More about the Characters
10:25 The D'Artagnan Romances
11:37 More about Narrative Structure
11:50 Taking Notes about the Charles and the Plot
16:14 More about Themes
16:56 Best Translations
19:01 Recommended Books
19:11 Eminence
19:54 France the Age of Louis Xiii
20:55 The Black Count
23:12 Sequels and Adaptations
23:58 Outro