The Man in the Iron Mask

Alexandre Dumas

Book 3 of The D'Artagnan Romances

Language: English

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Fiction

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: Nov 27, 2011

Date Read: Nov 7, 1989
Form: Novel
Pages: 629
Read Status: read
Shelves: read
Word Count: 176752

Description:

In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon entering Paris, became almost immediately embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. Over the next six years, readers would enjoy the adventures of this youth and his three famous friends, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, as their exploits unraveled behind the scenes of some of the most momentous events in French and even English history.