Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church
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#2Hold on…that was an entirely fictional story?
Is there some part of it that was based on real people?
Re: Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church
#3Hold on…that was an entirely fictional story? Is there some part of it that was based on real people?
Same here. I thought it was completely fictional.
So, I immediately looked it up. There was a real d'Artagnan, he was kind of a big deal, so Dumas wrote some stories based on a fictionalized version of the real d'Artagnan.
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#4Time for the next installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Jack Sparrow and/vs/saves the 3 Musketeers.
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#5That sounds like someone just decided to have a dig around inside the church.
Re: Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church
#6Hold on…that was an entirely fictional story? Is there some part of it that was based on real people?
Some Swedes will be delighted to learn that not only was there a historical d'Artagnan, but also a real life cardinal named Mazarin. But I have yet to find a historical person named Loranga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loranga,_Masarin_och_Dartanjan...
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#7One of my favorite books -- I had no idea there was a real-life inspiration for it (Balzampleu!) This will get me to re-read it, it's been too long. :)
Re: Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church
#8Hold on…that was an entirely fictional story? Is there some part of it that was based on real people?
Same here. I thought it was completely fictional. So, I immediately looked it up. There was a real d'Artagnan, he was kind of a big deal, so Dumas wrote some stories based on a fictionalized version of the real d'Artagnan.
Wow, that's really cool. I knew that Cardinal Richelieu was a real person (and that he is credited with inventing the butter knife!), but I didn't realize there were others.
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#9One of my favorite books -- I had no idea there was a real-life inspiration for it (Balzampleu!) This will get me to re-read it, it's been too long. :)
I was aware that Aramis and of course the various royals and aristocrats were real, but not the individual soldiers. Loved this novel growing, seems like the Count of Monte Cristo is seen as more 'serious' literature, but the Three Musketeers will always have a special place in my mind.
Re: Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church
#10Hold on…that was an entirely fictional story? Is there some part of it that was based on real people?
This autumn I have visited the Lavardens Castle which had an exhibition on D'Artagnan. Stole the English version of the explanations (QR codes, hosted incognito on their website)