Alexandre Dumas
Paperback | Pages: 470 pages Rating: 3.99 | 64285 Users | 945 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, ou Dix ans plus tard |
| ISBN: | 0140439242 (ISBN13: 9780140439243) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The d'Artagnan Romances #3.4 |
| Characters: | D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, Louis XIV of France, Anne of Austria, Raoul de Bragelonne, Nicolas Fouquet, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, The Man in The Iron Mask, Louise de la Valliere, Henrietta Anne Stuart, duchess d'Orléans, Philippe de France, duke of Orléans |
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A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's celebrated cycle of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Unbeknownst to D'Artagnan, Aramis and Porthos plot to remove the inept king and place the king's twin brother on the throne of France. Meanwhile, a twenty-three-year-old prisoner known only as "Philippe" wastes away deep inside the Bastille. Forced to wear an iron mask, Phillippe has been imprisoned for eight years, has no knowledge of his true identity, and has not been told what crime he's committed. When the destinies of the king and Phillippe converge, the Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties.Point Out Of Books The Man in the Iron Mask (The d'Artagnan Romances #3.4)
| Title | : | The Man in the Iron Mask (The d'Artagnan Romances #3.4) |
| Author | : | Alexandre Dumas |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 470 pages |
| Published | : | August 28th 2003 by Penguin Books (first published 1850) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Adventure |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 64285 Users | 945 ReviewsEvaluation Out Of Books The Man in the Iron Mask (The d'Artagnan Romances #3.4)
So I read The Man in the Iron Mask, only that it was not a story of the "Man in the Iron Mask". I was already halfway into the book when I realized this, so I was left with no choice but to continue. The story of the iron mask is only a trifling subplot because this story is all about the Musketeers that we have come to know. I'm pretty sure that I haven't read this story, yet I remember reading a book by this title. Perhaps it was a children's version that I read. I don't know. All I know isThe Man in the Iron Mask Wow. This book is nothing like the movie, at least the one I watched with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeremy Irons. The end was so tragic and the actual prisoner in the iron mask was such a small part of the story. Seems to me it was the complete opposite in the movie. Huh. Go figure. I'm glad I finally read this.
I didn't know how to review this book and just started writing randomly until some thoughts about the book illuminated me and I could write some a proper rant about this book review.So, here it is.First, I never really figured out it was part of a series "The D'Artagnan Romances", so when I found this book free for being public domain I couldn't stop myself and got it immediately. I was really excited to start this book. I don't really remember the movie but I remember I liked it, that's why I
This is a superb novel -- and a frequently misunderstood one. The Man in the Iron Mask is only tangentially about the mysterious masked figure. I have read this book so long ago, and in the interval I have seen several filmed version of the story which turned it into a novel of derring-do, as if it were a young man's book, like The Three Musketeers. No, Alexandre Dumas had other fish to fry. He had done adventure. Here, he writes about a most solemn subject: The end of life.Athos, Porthos,
Homme au masque de fer = The man in the Iron mask, Alexandre DumasThe Man in the Iron Mask, is the name given to an unidentified prisoner who was arrested in 1669 or 1670 and subsequently held in a number of French prisons, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol. He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November 1703 under the name "Marchioly", during the reign of King Louis XIV of France (16431715).
Perhaps the most surprising thing about The Man in the Iron Mask, to me, was just how quickly the title subplot was dealt with. Then again, this was not originally called The Man in the Iron Mask. This is the last chunk in a larger book. I can see why it gets cut up like that. This part alone was over 400 pages. And the introduction gave a coherent enough synopsis of what came before that I could follow. Maybe I should have read it all, since I do like reading Dumas the elder.Back in the 90s, I
The last of the Three musketeers stories. This is my least favorite of the 3 books written by Dumas. The writing, as in the other 2, is dated and in places drags. Overall the story didn't seem as fast paced as the other books. Recommended
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