Three Musketeers: Swords or Muskets?

Why did the most famous of (fictional) musketeers so rarely show up with muskets?  Some have suggested they might have been “afraid” of muskets, but “fear” is not the answer.  Let’s look at the military history. In the first half of the 1600s (when the Three Musketeers are depicted, when Cardinal Richelieu was destroying things), Read More…