Memoirs of Monsieur D'artagnan

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The Memoirs of D'Artagnan, although purporting to have been published by Pierre Marteau, at Cologne, were really printed at The Hague. They are the work of Courtilz de Sandras, an extremely prolific and, it must be added, imaginative writer. Born at Montargis, in 1644, he became a captain in the Regiment de Champagne, and, while still pursuing his military career, composed several works, which were published in Holland - a country to which he eventually migrated.<br><br>Sandras remained some time in voluntary and not unprofitable exile, but, returning to France in 1694, he managed, some eight years later, to incur the displeasure of the authorities. It was probably his authorship of Les Annales de Paris et de la Cour which led to his disgrace. Thrown into the Bastille, he remained there for nine years, the early part of his captivity being of a particularly rigorous nature. He was, however, liberated in 1711, and proceeded on his release to marry for the third time. His voice, it appears, fell upon a widow, la veuve Auroy; but Sandras did not long survive to enjoy afresh the delights of freedom and matrimony, for his demise occurred in May the following year, 1712.