The Man in the Iron Mask

Alexandre Dumas

• Publisher: White Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781473326620
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473376205
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: Literature

This antiquarian book contains the fourth instalment of the final episode in the fantastic d'Artagnan Romances, "The Man in the Iron Mask". Thirty-five years after the events of the last episode, the famous foursome become divided when they find themselves on opposing sides in a fierce struggle for power that threatens to undermine the young king and revolutionise the French monarchy. A masterful retelling of a true account, "The Man in the Iron Mask" constitutes a must-read for fans of Dumas's work, and would make for a worthy addition to any personal library. 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.

Table of contents

• THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
• Alexandre Dumas
• Introduction.
• CHAPTER I. The Prisoner.
• CHAPTER II. How Mouston Had Become Fatter without Giving Porthos Notice Thereof, and of the Troubles Which Consequently Befell that Worthy Gentleman.
• CHAPTER III. Who Messire Jean Percerin Was.
• CHAPTER IV. The Patterns.
• CHAPTER V. Where, Probably, Moliere Obtained His First Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
• CHAPTER VI. The Bee-Hive, the Bees, and the Honey.
• CHAPTER VII. Another Supper at the Bastile.
• CHAPTER VIII. The General of the Order.
• CHAPTER IX. The Tempter.
• CHAPTER X. Crown and Tiara.
• CHAPTER XI. The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte.
• CHAPTER XII. The Wine of Melun.
• CHAPTER XIII. Nectar and Ambrosia.
• CHAPTER XIV. A Gascon, and a Gascon and a Half.
• CHAPTER XV. Colbert.
• CHAPTER XVI. Jealousy.
• CHAPTER XVII. High Treason.
• CHAPTER XVIII. A Night at the Bastile.
• CHAPTER XIX. The Shadow of M. Fouquet.
• CHAPTER XX. The Morning.
• CHAPTER XXI. The King’s Friend.
• CHAPTER XXII. Showing How the Countersign Was Respected at the Bastile.
• CHAPTER XXIII. The King’s Gratitude.
• CHAPTER XXIV. The False King.
• CHAPTER XXV. In Which Porthos Thinks He Is Pursuing a Duchy.
• CHAPTER XXVI. The Last Adieux.
• CHAPTER XXVII. Monsieur de Beaufort.
• CHAPTER XXVIII. Preparations for Departure.
• CHAPTER XXIX. Planchet’s Inventory.
• CHAPTER XXX. The Inventory of M. de Beaufort.
• CHAPTER XXXI. The Silver Dish.
• CHAPTER XXXII. Captive and Jailers.
• CHAPTER XXXIII. Promises.
• CHAPTER XXXIV. Among Women.
• CHAPTER XXXV. The Last Supper.
• CHAPTER XXXVI. In M. Colbert’s Carriage.
• CHAPTER XXXVII. The Two Lighters.
• CHAPTER XXXVIII. Friendly Advice.
• CHAPTER XXXIX. How the King, Louis XIV., Played His Little Part.
• CHAPTER XL. The White Horse and the Black.
• CHAPTER XLI. In Which the Squirrel Falls,—the Adder Flies.
• CHAPTER XLII. Belle-Ile-en-Mer.
• CHAPTER XLIII. Explanations by Aramis.
• CHAPTER XLIV. Result of the Ideas of the King, and the Ideas of D’Artagnan.
• CHAPTER XLV. The Ancestors of Porthos.
• CHAPTER XLVI. The Son of Biscarrat.The Bretons of the Isle were very proud of this victory; Aramis did not encourage them in the feeling.
• CHAPTER XLVII. The Grotto of Locmaria.
• CHAPTER XLVIII. The Grotto.
• CHAPTER XLIX. An Homeric Song.
• CHAPTER L. The Death of a Titan.
• CHAPTER LI. Porthos’s Epitaph.
• CHAPTER LII. M. de Gesvres’s Round.
• CHAPTER LIII. King Louis XIV.
• CHAPTER LIV. M. Fouquet’s Friends.
• CHAPTER LV. Porthos’s Will.
• CHAPTER LVI. The Old Age of Athos.
• CHAPTER LVII. Athos’s Vision.
• CHAPTER LVIII. The Angel of Death.
• CHAPTER LIX. The Bulletin.
• CHAPTER LX. The Last Canto of the Poem.
• Epilogue.