The Man in the Iron Mask - Volume Three

"The Man in the Iron Mask" is the final volume of the d'Artagnan Romances book series, which began with Alexandre Dumas' epic tale of love, loyalty and revenge, "The Three Musketeers" and its sequel, "Twenty Years After." "The Man in the Iron Mask" is excerpted from the much larger volume, Dumas' sweeping novel "The Vicomte de Bragelonne."



In this last book of the series, former Musketeer Aramis - now a Bishop - discovers that the King of France has imprisoned his twin brother Philippe in the Bastille, though Philippe has committed no crime. Aramis hatches a plot to free Philippe and install him as King but when this plan goes awry, Aramis finds himself a wanted man, along with his old friend Porthos, who flee Paris to escape the King's wrath. When d'Artagnan, now Captain of the King's Guard, is sent to arrest his old friends, a plot is set in motion that will finally end in betrayal, triumph and death.