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Ten Years Later
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 2 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The third and final volume of the 'd'Artagnon Romances', of which "The Three Musketeers" and "Twenty Years After" constitute the first and second volumes, The Vicomte de Bragelonne was first serialized between October 1847 to January 1850. It has subsequently been published in three, four, and five-volume editions. Our edition contains four volumes: "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", "Ten Years Later", "Louise de la Vallière", and "The Man in the Iron Mask". This second volume contains chapters 76-140 of the work's 268 chapters, that span the period from 1660 to 1667. Beginning with Princess Henrietta's arrival in 1660, it chronicles the drama of the jealous, lustful and scandal-hungry members of the French court, the love triangle between Louis, Louise, and Raoul, and concludes with d'Artagnon's return to Paris. Still widely popular today, Alexandre Dumas pioneered the historical fiction genre of literature, drawing influence from actual events and people, as well as characters and stories from his own imagination.
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Ten Years Later
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 2 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
In this continuing sequel to The Three Musketeers, d'Artagnan discovers Belle-Isle is being fortified and the engineer ostensibly in charge is Porthos. The blueprints show Aramis' handwriting. Despite his friends, d'Artagnan hides the true reason for his presence. Aramis, suspicious of d'Artagnan, sends Porthos back to Paris to warn Fouquet, whilst tricking d'Artagnan into searching for Porthos around Vannes. Porthos warns Fouquet in time, and he cedes Belle-Ile to the king, humiliating Colbert. On returning from the mission, d'Artagnan is made Captain of the King's Musketeers.
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Ten Years Later
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 2 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
D'Artagnan Romance III-B In March 1844 the French magazine _Le Sicle, _ printed the first installment of a story by Alexandre Dumas. It was based, Dumas 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. The serial chronicled the adventures of D'Artagnan -- a young swordsman intent on joining the king's musketeers. Young D'Artagnan becomes embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. The book at hand is the second volume of the third serial. Louis XIV is well past the age where he should rule, but the ailing Cardinal Mazarin refuses to relinquish the reins of power. Meanwhile, Charles II, a king without a country, travels Europe seeking aid from his fellow monarchs. Athos still resides at La Fre while his son, Raoul de Bragelonne, has entered into the service in the household of M. le Prince. As for Raoul, he has his eyes on an entirely different object than his father -- his childhood companion, Louise de la Valliere, with whom he is hopelessly in love. Porthos, now a baron, is off on some mysterious mission along with Aramis, who is now the Bishop of Vannes.
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Ten Years Later
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 2 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
Set against the backdrop of 18th-century France, Alexandre Dumas' Ten Years Later continues the legendary saga of the d'Artagnan Romances. This final installment follows the aging musketeers and their adventures after a decade of separation.
Intrigue, romance, and political machinations intertwine as the story unfolds, featuring the enigmatic Vicomte de Bragelonne and the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask. Dumas expertly weaves historical events with fictional drama, delving into themes of loyalty, power, and identity.
A compelling narrative that explores the enduring bonds of friendship and the complexities of honor, Ten Years Later is a masterful conclusion to one of literature's most enduring series. This volume not only captivates with its swashbuckling exploits but also offers profound insights into the human condition.
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Ten Years Later
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 2 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The final installment of the D'Artagnan Romances chronicles heroic adventures in seventeenth-century France, including the tale of "The Man in the Iron Mask."
With 1844's The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas introduced the world to the immortal hero D'Artagnan and the inseparable trio of king's Musketeers: Athos, Aramis, and Porthos. Their many escapades-full of swordfights, derring-do, and chivalry-came to define the swashbuckler genre of adventure fiction. Following the second D'Artagnan novel, Twenty Years After, this third and final volume is itself separated into three parts: "The Vicomte of Bragelonne," "Louise de la Vallière," and "The Man in the Iron Mask." Together they form an epic saga of risking all in the name of justice, loyalty, and friendship.
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Louise De La Valliere
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 3 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
This vintage book contains Alexandre Dumas's 1849 historical novel, "Louise De La Valliere". The Third instalment of the final episode in the D'Artagnan Romances, it continues the narrative that started with "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" and "Ten Years Later". Louis XIV is desperate to solidify his position as absolute ruler of France. Impending turmoil forces the Musketeers and d'Artagnan to come out of retirement, but is it for the right reasons? A fantastic continuation of Dumas's famous saga, "Louise De La Valliere" constitutes a must-read for fans of his work, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was a famous French writer. He is best remembered for his exciting romantic sagas, including "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". Despite making a great deal of money from his writing, Dumas was almost perpetually penniless thanks to his extravagant lifestyle. His novels have been translated into nearly a hundred different languages, and have inspired over 200 motion pictures. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing this antiquarian book in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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Louise de la Valliere
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 3 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The third volume of the 'd'Artagnan Romances', of which "The Three Musketeers" and "Twenty Years After" constitute the first and second volumes, was first serialized between October 1847 to January 1850. It has subsequently been published in three, four, and five-volume editions. Our edition follows the four-volume edition. The books in this edition in their chronological order are as follows: 1. "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" (chapters 1-75), 2. "Ten Years Later" (chapters 76-140), 3. "Louise de la Vallière" (chapters 141-208), and 4. "The Man in the Iron Mask" (chapters 209-269). D'Artagnan and the aging Musketeers must do all they can when a crisis arises in the royal court, yet they strive in more ways than one, for the just nature of their endeavors is in question. Even as they face the turmoil of a court in which the king desires absolute power, a more individual battle is being waged in the heart of Raoul, son of Athos, who loves the gentle Louise, though she has caught the dangerous king's eye. Brimming with an epic assortment of characters, plots, and witty battles, "Louise de la Vallière" is an essential part of a grandiose French adventure.
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Louise de la Valliere
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 3 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
In this continuing sequel to The Three Musketeers, Raoul de Bragelonne finds his childhood sweetheart, Louise de la Vallière, is maid of honor to the Princess. Fearing a tarnishing of Louise's reputation by affairs at court, Raoul seeks to marry her. His father, Athos, the Comte de la Fère, disapproves, but eventually, out of love for his son, reluctantly agrees. The king, however, refuses to sanction the marriage because Louise is of inferior social status, and so marriage is delayed until Louise has earned her fortune and Raoul grows in prestige.
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Louise de la Valliere
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 3 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The final volume of D'Artagnan Romances: it is usually split into four parts, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Ten Years Later, Louise de la Valliere, and the final portion is entitled The Man in the Iron Mask.
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Louise De La Vallière
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 3 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
Following Ten Years Later, the fifth volume of this adventure saga chronicles a tale of intrigue and romantic rivalry in the court of Louis XIV.
With The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas introduced the world to the immortal hero D'Artagnan and the inseparable trio of king's musketeers: Athos, Aramis, and Porthos. Their many escapades-full of swordfights, derring-do, and chivalry-came to define the swashbuckler genre of adventure fiction.
In Louise de la Vallière, Dumas continues the suspense following the wedding of the Duke of Orleans to Princess Henrietta of England. Raoul de Bragelonne seeks to marry Henrietta's maid of honor, Louise. But the king has his own designs for the young maid. Meanwhile, as court rivalries escalate, Aramis learns of a secret prisoner held in the Bastille whose identity could change the course of history.
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Louise de la Valliere
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 3 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
In this work D'Artagnan and the aging Musketeers must do all they can when a crisis arises in the royal court, yet they strive in more ways than one, for the just nature of their endeavors is in question. Even as they face the turmoil of a court in which the king desires absolute power, a more individual battle is being waged in the heart of Raoul, son of Athos, who loves the gentle Louise, though she has caught the dangerous king's eye. Brimming with an epic assortment of characters, plots, and witty battles, "Louise de la Valliere" is an essential part of Alexandre Dumas' epic narrative of D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers. This edition includes a biographical afterword.
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The Man in the Iron Mask - Volume Three
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
"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.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The Man in the Iron Mask is the exciting conclusion to the Three Musketeers' adventures. D'Artangan and the Musketeers must attempt to rescue King Louis XIV's identical twin brother from prison to put him on the throne and thereby save Fouquet from being unfairly destroyed by King Louis.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
A revolutionary plot hinges on the secret identity of a prisoner in the conclusion to the epic adventures of d'Artagnan and the three Musketeers In the darkest depths of the Bastille, a man has been robbed of his freedom and identity, denied any knowledge of the nature of his crimes. Only a handful of people, including the corrupt King Louis XIV and his mother, Queen Anne, know who the prisoner is and why he has been locked away. But the secret of the man in the iron mask is about to be revealed. Long after d'Artagnan first journeyed to Paris to join the elite guardsmen known as the Musketeers, he remains in the service of the crown. His fellow swordsmen Athos, Aramis, and Porthos have long since moved on, but their paths will cross once again when the king is kidnapped and the mysterious prisoner disappears. To save France, d'Artagnan must uncover the connection between the two events and decide where his true loyalties lie-with the monarchy, or his old friends? This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas celebrated foursome of D Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers. Some thirty-five years on, the bonds of comradeship are under strain as they end up on different sides in a power struggle that may undermine the young Louis XIV and change the face of the French monarchy. In the fast-paced narrative style that was his trademark, Dumas pitches us straight into the action. What is the secret shared by Aramis and Madame de Chevreuse? Why does the Queen Mother fear its revelation? Who is the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille? And what is the nature of the threat he poses? Dumas, the master storyteller, keeps us reading until the climactic scene in the grotto of Locmaria, a fitting conclusion to the epic saga of the musketeers.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
When Aramis, one of the three musketeers, discovers that the king of France has a twin brother, he plans a coup d'état in an attempt to secretly replace King Louis with his brother Philippe. Entrusting his secret plan to Porthos, Raoul, and D'Artagnan, the friends pit themselves against the power of the French monarchy.
The Man in the Iron Mask is the last volume of the D'Artagnan Romances, and has been published on its own and also as the final volume in the The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, a large novel that encompasses the four final D'Artagnan volumes. The story detailed in this volume inspired the 1998 film The Man in the Iron Mask starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeremy Irons.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
Deep inside the dreaded Bastille, a young prisoner has languished, his face hidden from all, for eight long years. He knows neither his true identity nor the crime that got him there. Then Aramis, one of the original three musketeers-the finest swordsmen in all of France-bribes his way into the young man's cell to reveal the shocking truth. The revelation of this truth could very well topple Louis XIV, King of France, from his throne-and Aramis aims to do just that. But a daring jailbreak, a brilliant masquerade, and a bloody fight for the throne may make Aramis betray his sacred vow of "All for one, one for all." And in so doing, he will pit musketeer against musketeer, bringing an end to this swashbuckling saga-and either honor or disgrace upon them all.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I've worn that mask so long I don't feel safe without it.' The Man in the Iron Mask sees D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis return to meet their destinies in their final adventure. D'Artagnan still remains in the service of King Louis XIV while Aramis is a priest at the Bastille prison. Upon listening to a confession from an iron-masked prisoner who tells him that he is the twin brother of the King of France, Aramis is convinced that he will be rewarded if he can help him become king and he devises a plan for his escape, pitching himself against his old comrade D'Artagnan. Far darker than Dumas' previous novels, The Man in the Iron Mask is a fast-paced and compelling historical romance of honour and loyalty.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The Man in the Iron Mask. Translation of: L'homme au masque de fer
In the final adventure of the Musketeers, THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK sees D'Artagnan remain in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have gone their separate ways. Meanwhile a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask languishes in the Bastille, where he has been for eighteen years. When the destinies of the King and the prisoner converge, D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers must face the ultimate conflict of loyalties.
The Man in the Iron Mask is an incomparable tale of honour, loyalty and adventure.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The courageous musketeers-Athos, D'Artagnan, Aramis, and Porthos-return to sword fighting in the final installment of the D'Artagnan Romances. When Aramis visits the Bastille, an infamous French prison, he meets a mysterious man who wears an iron mask and claims to be the King of France's secret twin brother. While France suffers under King Louis XIV's rule, Aramis initiates an elaborate plan to free the prisoner and overthrow the corrupt king with the masked man's help. Will the musketeers survive their most daring adventure yet, filled with nefarious politics, deceitful royals, and clashing loyalties? This is an unabridged English translation of French author Alexandre Dumas's swashbuckling historical novel, which was first published in serial form between 1847 and 1850.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
For nearly one hundred years, this curious problem has exercised the imagination of writers of fiction-and of drama, and the patience of the learned in history. No subject is more obscure and elusive, and none more attractive to the general mind. It is a legend to the meaning of which none can find the key and yet in which everyone believes.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
Will D'Artagnan Turn Against His Friends? Aramis wants to replace the current King of France, Louis XIV with a puppet ruler so he asks Porthos for help. D'Artagnan on the other hand sides with the current King so he immediately helps Louis when he is at peril. He also has to arrest his former friends for treason. Will he do it?
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
In this final volume of The Three Musketeers series, Aramis plots a coup d'état to replace Louis with Philippe and recruits Porthos to assist, although Porthos is unaware of the true nature of the plot. Aramis believes that, if he puts Philippe on the throne in place of Louis, Philippe can assure Aramis's promotion to cardinal, and will eventually assist Aramis to become Pope. Aramis's further aim is to enhance Fouqet's position in France so that Fouquet will become prime minister under Philippe; Aramis plans to replace Fouquet as prime minister upon Fouquet's retirement.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
Alexandre Dumas' famous musketeer hero d'Artagnan first appeared in The Three Musketeers. This book is a later adventure in the Three Musketeers saga, which links into the real-life tale of the mysterious 'Man in the Iron Mask' who was held in Bastille for reasons unknown.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The third volume of the 'd'Artagnan Romances', of which "The Three Musketeers" and "Twenty Years After" constitute the first and second volumes, was first serialized between October 1847 to January 1850. It has subsequently been published in three, four, and five-volume editions. Our edition follows the four-volume edition. The books in this edition in their chronological order are as follows: 1. "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" (chapters 1-75), 2. "Ten Years Later" (chapters 76-140), 3. "Louise de la Vallière" (chapters 141-208), and 4. "The Man in the Iron Mask" (chapters 209-269). "The Man in the Iron Mask" is a tale that brings to life the mystery of one of the Bastille's most famous prisoners. Though they are older and the original three have retired, D'Artagnan has stayed in the corrupt King Louis XIV's service. Though no longer on active duty, the Musketeers are certainly far from idle, for they involve themselves in a plot that will set a humble, masked prisoner who does not know his identity or his crime against the king of a powerful country in a story full of conflicting loyalties. In this final adventure of the immortalized Musketeers, Dumas lavished all of his considerable literary skill in a work of political intrigue and high adventure.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The Man in the Iron Mask tells a story based on historic facts. In 1661, King Louis XIV of France had his minister of finances - Nicolas Fouquet - arrested for embezzlement. Also in that year, Louis successfully wooed a young handmaiden named Louise, which caused some stir. In this novel, Dumas gives us the secret history behind these facts, and it is no surprise that the story involves his famous Four Musketeers.
More specifically, Aramis becomes privy to the fact that Louis has a twin brother languishing in the Bastille, and he attempts to switch the two. The novel details his fascinating and rather intricate plot to pull this off, as well as how the other Musketeers fit into the plan.
The first couple of pages concern mainly the aforementioned historic events, and it’s a bit of reading before you get to the meat of the action.
This book is highly recommended - it will become part of your life, the way some good books can.
If you love literature, if you love stories of complex intrigue, and especially if you love the Four Musketeers, you HAVE to read this book at least once in your life!
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The Man in the Iron Mask is the exciting conclusion to the Three Musketeers' adventures. D'Artangan and the Musketeers must attempt tp rescue King Louis XIV's identical twin brother from prison to put him on the throne and thereby save Fouquet from being unfairly destroyed by King Louis.
Dumas was the most generous, large-hearted being in the world. He also was the most delightfully amusing and egotistical creature on the face of the earth. His tongue was like a windmill — once set in motion, you never knew when he would stop, especially if the theme was himself. - Watts Phillips.
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Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
Alexandre Dumas continues the tales of his Musketeers in The Man in the Iron Mask. Years have passed since d'Artagnan joined the Musketeers. D'Artagnan is now the captain of the Musketeers, Aramis a bishop, Porthos a baron, and Athos a count. Though the friends have advanced their stations, they are still fully involved in the political intrigue of King Louis XIV's court. The thrilling story of deception, treason, and honor, is retold in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Dumas's The Man in the Iron Mask. Reviewed Bring classic children's tales to young readers with the Calico Illustrated Classics series. World-class illustrations make rafting the river and braving the revolution exciting journeys through literature. Large type and leveled language make the classics accessible to readers of all ages.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
"The Man in the Iron Mask" represents the final portion of the third installment of the 'D'Artagnan Romances'. Preceded by "The Three Musketeers", the first volume; "Twenty Years After", the second volume; "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", part one of the third volume; "Ten Years Later" part two of the third volume; and "Louise de la Vallière", part three of the third volume; "The Man in the Iron Mask" is a tale that brings to life the mystery of one of the Bastille's most famous prisoners, a man whose identity is hidden behind an iron mask. In this work we find the original three Musketeers in retirement and D'Artagnan in the service of the corrupt Louis XIV. While the identity of the original man in the iron mask is unknown, Dumas constructs his story around the idea that the prisoner is in fact the twin brother of Louis XIV, imprisoned from birth by his father to prevent any conflict over a divided rule of the kingdom. When Aramis learns the secret of the man in the iron mask he devises a plot to replace the King with his twin brother, setting in motion a series of events which draws all the Musketeers back into action. An exciting work of political intrigue and high adventure, "The Man in the Iron Mask" brings to a tragic conclusion the adventures of the Musketeers. This edition includes a biographical afterword.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title-offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.
This edition of The Man in the Iron Mask includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword.
"You are about to hear," said Aramis, "an account which few could now give; for it refers to a secret which they buried with the dead...."
So begins the magnificent concluding story of the swashbuckling Musketeers, Aramis, Athos, Porthos, and D'Artagnan. Aramis-plotting against the King of France-bribes his way into the jail cells of the Bastille where a certain prisoner has been entombed for eight long years. The prisoner knows neither his real name nor the crime he has committed. But Aramis knows the secret of the prisoner's identity...a secret so dangerous that its revelation could topple the King from his throne!
Aramis...plotting against the King?
The motto of the Musketeers has been "All for one, and one for all." Has Aramis betrayed his friends? Is this the end of the Musketeers?
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
A Sequel to The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
Part 4 of the Le vicomte de Bragelonne series
The epic final novel starring the four greatest heroes of swashbuckling literature, “The Man in the Iron Mask” takes the musketeers on a thrilling adventure from the royal palace of Louis XIV to the dreaded dungeons of the Bastille.
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