Man in the Iron Mask
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The Man in the Iron Mask was an unidentified prisoner of state during the reign of Louis XIV of France. The strict measures taken to keep his imprisonment secret resulted in a long-lasting legend abou
Etching of the citadel and dungeon of Pignerol, in Piedmont, Italy (c. 1650)
Fortress of Exilles
Fort Royal in Île Sainte-Marguerite, showing the main door to the extension of 1687 and, on the left, the rectangular wing of four new cells added in 1690.
Fort Royal in Île Sainte-Marguerite viewed from the sea, showing windows of the six cells.
The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third and last of The d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first
Man in the Iron Mask
…Mongrédien, who concluded that the enigma remained unsolved. He has been the subject of many works of fiction, most prominently Alexandre Dumas' 1850 novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later—the final installment of his D'Artagnan saga—which portrays the prisoner as Louis XIV's identical twin. In 1840, Dumas had first presented a review of…
Engraving illustrating an old edition of the Vicomte de Bragelonne