Les Hommes Mysterieux

[17th Century]

 

 

 

The Three Musketeers

  • Featured in :

  • The Three Musketeers
  • Twenty Years After
  • The Vicomte de Bragelonne
  • Louise de la Vallière
  • The Man in the Iron Mask

by

Alexandre Dumas

Biography

The FOUR Muskeeters

D'Artagnan Youngest of the musketeers. D'Artagnan was brash, loyal, brave, romantic, dashing and naive. After having been forgotten for 20 years (1645), he is willing to enter the cardinal's service if not to be noticed, to attain the title of captain of the musketeers.

Athos (aka Le Comte de la Fere) Athos was the lead musketeer, the introvert whom everyone respected, years later he became a country gentleman and a father, but still retained his position as a father figure to the Musketeers. He's the oldest by some years.

Aramis (aka Monsieur l'abbe D'Herblay) Aramis is torn between two worlds. On the one hand, he loves beautiful women, fine wine, dueling, adventuring, etc. On the other, he is a priest, and is active in political intrigue.

Porthos (aka De Valon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds) The extrovert of the group, enjoying wine, women and song, he became a rich owner of many estates.

 

 

Captain Blood

  • Featured in :

    • Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini

Biography

Doctor Peter Blood’s quiet life is shattered when he is convicted of treason for tending a wounded nobleman in a 1685 rebellion against King James II. Rapidly there follows transportation on a slave ship to Barbados; escape from slavery and a brutal plantation owner during a Spanish pirate attack; the start of Blood’s own career as a pirate and, before long, as the greatest buccaneer of them all.

 

 

 

The Sea-Hawk

  • Featured in :

  • The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini

 

Biography

Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1588), is betrayed by his half-brother, throwing him into circumstances where he becomes a Barbary pirate and a follower of Islam.

 

 

 

OBSERVATION

Captain Blood and The Sea-Hawk have a great deal in common :

  • They were both created by Rafael Sabatini
  • They are both played by Errol Flynn in the pictures
  • They are both pirates
  • The are both excellent swordsmen

 

OBSERVATION

This League is mentioned in the LXG movie.

 

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