Musketeer cycle

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The Musketeer cycle is a series of historical adventure novels by Alexandre Dumas that follow the exploits of d'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers across several decades in 17th-century France.

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Musketeer cycle canonical 1
The Three Musketeers cycle 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work series
novel series
alternateName d'Artagnan Romances
author Alexandre Dumas
basedOn fictionalized 17th-century French history
centralMotto All for one, and one for all
countryOfOrigin France
featuresHistoricalFigure Anne of Austria
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIII of France
linked to: King Louis XIII

Louis XIV of France
featuresOrganization Musketeers of the Guard
firstWorkPublicationCentury 19th century
followsCharacterAcrossDecades d'Artagnan
genre historical adventure fiction
historical novel
hasAdaptation comic book adaptations
numerous film adaptations
numerous stage adaptations
numerous television adaptations
hasFictionalAntagonist Cardinal Richelieu (fictionalized portrayal)
linked to: Cardinal Richelieu

Milady de Winter
hasFictionalOrganization The Three Musketeers
hasPart Louise de la Vallière
Ten Years Later
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Three Musketeers
The Vicomte of Bragelonne
Twenty Years After
influenced swashbuckler genre
language French
literaryMovement Romanticism
mainCharacter Aramis
Athos
Porthos
d'Artagnan
narrativeForm prose
notableTheme friendship
honor
loyalty
political intrigue
originalPublicationMedium newspaper serialization
primaryLocation Paris
settingPeriod 17th-century France
timeSpanInFiction several decades

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Twenty Years After partOf Musketeer cycle
The Vicomte of Bragelonne continuationOf The Three Musketeers cycle
linked to: Musketeer cycle