Man in the Iron Mask
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 incomparabletale of honour, loyalty and adventure.
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was the author of more than ninety plays and many novels, including the Three Musketeers trilogy and The Count of Monte Cristo.
Francine Du Plessix Gray is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist At Home with the Marquis de Sade, among other works.
Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.