It's always interesting, to me at least, to see how our society has changed books. From what little I recall of seeing Three Musketeers in movies and such, this story bears little resemblance to those stories. It's much more complex a story of political subterfuge than what I've seen. And that's the problem with the story: it's too complex. At times the story delved into issues that I knew were part of the story, but I was having trouble following how they fit in. Once I finished the book, there's still some bits I can't fit into the whole story, and the author obviously went to great extents at the end to tie up all the lose ends.

I'll be the first to admit, that a large part of the problem is my lack of general French history knowledge. Much of the story expects that you already understand some of the bigger players involved, and I didn't. It would be interesting to study some of my missing gaps in French and English history and try reading this book again.