The four musketeers (booklet series)

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The four musketeers (subtitle: novel about monarchs, men and mistresses ) was a historical booklet series published by Erich Pabel Verlag . From 1976 to 1977 it was published initially every two weeks and then a total of 65 issues a week.

The series went back to an initiative by Kurt Bernhardt, at that time editor-in-chief at Pabel, and was intended as a supplement to the sea adventure series Sea Wolves , at the same time a cycle concept was to be implemented similar to Perry Rhodan's , that is, a storyline extends over several issues. The series was obviously inspired by Alexandre Dumas ' coat-and-sword classic The Three Musketeers , the remake of which with Michael York as D'Artagnan was very successful in cinemas from December 1973, and the sequel The Four Musketeers - The Revenge of the Milady from 1974.

The realization was entrusted to Rainer Delfs , who was also the author of some of the novels. Besides him, the following authors were involved:

All titles appeared under the publishing pseudonym Jean Lafitte , echoing the name of the privateer Jean Laffite .

The plot does not correspond to that of the Dumas novel, rather the four musketeers here are the four sons of the murdered Duke of Clermont who, together with their sister Gabrielle, want to uncover the murder of their father. The following cycles took the protagonists on their adventures across Europe.

The format was the usual booklet format (15 × 22.5 cm, 66 pages). The price was DM 1.50.

Track list

No. title author year
01 The young duke Rainer Delfs 1976
02 The bastard from the Palatinate Rainer Delfs 1976
03 The Gascogner Rainer Delfs 1976
04 Secret mission for England's crown Rainer Delfs 1976
05 The assassination Uwe Erichsen 1976
06 The Honorable Traitor Uwe Erichsen 1976
07 The hangman's daughter Uwe Erichsen 1976
08 The king of the underworld Uwe Erichsen 1976
09 The gang of Saint Denis Rainer Delfs 1976
10 The Duke's mistress Rainer Delfs 1976
11 The secret of the Contessa Karl water (?) 1976
12 The castle of the eagles Karl water (?) 1976
13 The mistress of the castle Ute sweet 1976
14th The night of the jugglers Claus Fischer 1976
15th A trap for Isabella Claus Fischer 1976
16 The masked ball Ute sweet 1976
17th In the spider's web Ute sweet 1976
18th The gondolas of death Ute sweet 1976
19th The mastiffs of San Michele Ute sweet 1976
20th Finale in Venice Ute sweet 1976
21st The last hours of Fiona Ute sweet 1976
22nd The legacy of the Montagues Susanne Wiemer 1976
23 The pirate of Bastia Susanne Wiemer 1976
24 The black lock Susanne Wiemer 1976
25th The night of horror Ute sweet 1976
26th The marauders Ute sweet 1976
27 Targeting death Ute sweet 1976
28 The beautiful spy Ute sweet 1976
29 The black rider Ute sweet 1976
30th The sutler Ute sweet 1976
31 Hell, death and the devil Ute sweet 1976
32 On behalf of the king Uwe Erichsen 1976
33 The evil spirit of Noailles Uwe Erichsen 1976
34 The village in the mountains Uwe Erichsen 1977
35 The Spanish spy Uwe Erichsen 1977
36 Trapped in the tower of pain Uwe Erichsen 1977
37 The escape Uwe Erichsen 1977
38 The death bells of Montsalve Susanne Wiemer 1977
39 The black chevalier Susanne Wiemer 1977
40 In the shadow of the scaffold Susanne Wiemer 1977
41 The witcher of Paris Susanne Wiemer 1977
42 The last trip of the Monte Christo Susanne Wiemer 1977
43 The avenger's island Susanne Wiemer 1977
44 The golden network Susanne Wiemer 1977
45 The Count of La Morra Susanne Wiemer 1977
46 The silver sword Susanne Wiemer 1977
47 The death of the black count Susanne Wiemer 1977
48 The elector of death Claus Fischer 1977
49 The invisible strike Claus Fischer 1977
50 The death of the pasha Claus Fischer 1977
51 The assassination Ute sweet 1977
52 The deadly trap Ute sweet 1977
53 The cardinal and the one-eyed man Ute sweet 1977
54 Secret mission for the exile Uwe Erichsen 1977
55 Treason on the Thames Uwe Erichsen 1977
56 The Queen's Secret Uwe Erichsen 1977
57 The tyrant of Lyon Ute sweet 1977
58 The galley convict Ute sweet 1977
59 The Sheikh's prisoners Ute sweet 1977
60 The avenger Ute sweet 1977
61 The night of the traitors Susanne Wiemer 1977
62 The trail of the Red Corsican Susanne Wiemer 1977
63 The death of the gypsy Susanne Wiemer 1977
64 The jackal Susanne Wiemer 1977
65 The golden cannon Ute sweet 1977

literature

  • Jochen Bärtle: Götzen, Gold and Globetrotter: German adventure novels from 1960 to 2015. BoD 2016, ISBN 978-3-7392-3689-6 , pp. 153–156.
  • Karl Jürgen Roth: The four musketeers. In: Lexicon of travel and adventure literature. Corian-Verlag, Meitingen 1998, ISBN 3-89048-700-9 .

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