Secrets of History | D'Artagnan - The Sun King's Musketeer

A 2022 France TV History Documentary hosted by Stéphane Bern. Audio in French with English subtitles.

Stéphane Bern invites us to discover one of the most fiery heroes in French history, Count Charles de Batz de Castelmore, better known as d'Artagnan. Who has never heard of the adventures of this musketeer in the blue jacket immortalized by Alexandre Dumas? It is from the department of Gers, in the castle where d'Artagnan was born at the beginning of the 17th century, that Stéphane Bern begins his investigation, discovering this character full of panache. How does this original Gascon manage to join the prestigious company of musketeers, this elite unit within which he will meet those who will become his lifelong friends, Atos, Portos and Aramis?