The man in the iron mask / Alexandre Dumas ; cover design by Andrea Worthington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870, author.

Contributor:

Worthington, Andrea, cover designer.

Series:

The d'Artagnan Romances Series

The d'Artagnan Romances Series ; v.6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Man in the Iron Mask--Fiction.

Man in the Iron Mask.

France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715--Fiction.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A revolutionary plot hinges on the identity of a masked prisoner in the iconic final chapter in the 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.

Contents:

Title Page; 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, Molière 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 Château 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.; 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.; Copyright

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781504033824

1504033825

OCLC:

935669563