LE MONDE DE D ARTAGNAN

	I. D’Artagnan and the Musketeers

	I.A : The King’s Musketeers
	• The First Company of the King’s Musketeers • The Cardinal’s Guards • The King’s Musketeers and the Cardinal’s Guards • Dissolution of the Company of Musketeers • Reestablishment of the Company of Musketeers by Louis XIV • The “Grey Musketeers” and the “Black Musketeers” • The Musketeers at War • The Musketeers’ Arms • Description of the sword called “à la mousquetaire”, or the Musketeer’s epee • The Disappearance of the Musketeers or “The last sigh of the red companies by the black musketeer” by Narcisse-Achille dfe Salvandy (1795-1856) • A list of the captains of the two companies of Musketeers and of the King’s Guard • A list of Basque and Béarnese Musketeers Bibliographical References

	I.B : The Real d’Artagnan
	• Introduction • A Portrait of d’Artagnan • D’Artagnan: A name that has become legendary • Childhood in Gascony - The Museum d’Artagnan • Arrival in Paris • D’Artagnan and Mazarin • From the Cardinal’s Guards to the King’s Musketeers • D’Artagnan and Louis XIV • From Fouquet to Lauzun: an unusual jailer • From Lille to Maastricht Bibliographical References

	I.C. The d'Artagnan of Fiction
	• Gatien Courtilz de Sandras • The Making of a Famous Novel: The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas • The Serialized Novel • The d'Artagnans of Fiction *Bibliographical References*

	II. Cape and Sword
	Introduction: The genre of “cape and epee”: the swashbuckler
	I. The Swashbuckler: The Novel of Cape and Sword
	II. An epee, by any other name, is still a sword
	III. The Duel: A history of hand-to-hand combat
	IV. Notes on cinematographic duels

	III. Gascons and Gascony

	I. Castles of Gascony
	• The Chateaux of Gascony • A map of Gascon Chateaux • A few Gascon Chateaux + tourist information Ampelle Avezan Balarin Flamarens Garrané Herrebouc Lagardère Mansencôme Roquefort Saint Lary Bibliographical References

	II. The Gascons
	• Gascony: A breeding ground for soldiers • Four Gascon seigneurs in the fourteenth century or All for one and one for all • Gallery of illustrious Gascons - Tréville - Besmaux • The Cadets of Gascony • The Gascon Spirit Bibliographical References