The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle ofnovels featuring Dumas’ celebrated foursome ofD’Artagnan,Athos,Porthos and Aramis,who first appeared in The ThreeMusketeers。Some thirty-five years on,the bonds of comradeship areunder strain as they end up on different sides in a power strugglethat may undermine the young Louis XIV and change the face of theFrench monarchy。
In the fast-paced narrative style that was his trademark,Dumaspitches us straight into the action。What is the secret shared byAramis and Madame de Chevreuse? Why does the Queen Mother fear itsrevelation? Who is the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille? Andwhat is the nature of the threat he poses?
Dumas,the master storyteller,keeps us reading until the climacticscene in the grotto of Locmaria,a fitting conclusion to the epicsaga of the musketeers。
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