Аудиокнига: The Man in the Iron Mask
- Download 00 – Introduction audio
- Download 01a – The Prisoner (Part 1) audio
- Download 01b – The Prisoner (Part 2) audio
- Download 02 – How Mouston Had Become Fatter audio
- Download 03 – Who Messire Percerin Was audio
- Download 04 – The Patterns audio
- Download 05 – Where, Probably, Moliere Obtained His First Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme audio
- Download 06 – The Bee-Hive, the Bees, and the Honey audio
- Download 07 – Another Supper at the Bastille audio
- Download 08 – The General of the Order audio
- Download 09 – The Tempter audio
- Download 10 – Crown and Tiara audio
- Download 11 – The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte audio
- Download 12 – The Wine of Melun audio
- Download 13 – Nectar & Ambrosia audio
- Download 14 – A Gascon, and a Gascon and a Half audio
- Download 15 – Colbert audio
- Download 16 – Jealousy audio
- Download 17 – High Treason audio
- Download 18 – A Night at the Bastille audio
- Download 19 – The Shadow of Monsieur Fouquet audio
- Download 20 – The Morning audio
- Download 21 – The King’s Friend audio
- Download 22 – Showing How the Countersign Was Respected at the Bastille audio
- Download 23 – The King’s Gratitude audio
- Download 24 – The False King audio
- Download 25 – In Which Porthos Thinks He Is Pursuing a Duchy audio
- Download 26 – The Last Adieux audio
- Download 27 – Monsieur de Beaufort audio
- Download 28 – Preparations for Departure audio
- Download 29 – Planchet’s Inventory audio
- Download 30 – The Inventory of Monsieur de Beaufort audio
- Download 31 – The Silver Dish audio
- Download 32 – Captives and Jailers audio
- Download 33 – Promises audio
- Download 34 – Among Women audio
- Download 35 – The Last Supper audio
- Download 36 – In Monsieur Colbert’s Carriage audio
- Download 37 – The Two Lighters audio
- Download 38 – Friendly Advice audio
- Download 39 – How the King, Louis XIV, Played His Little Part audio
- Download 40 – The White Horse and the Black audio
- Download 41 – In Which the Squirrel Falls, the Adder Flies audio
- Download 42 – Belle Isle-en-Mer audio
- Download 43 – Explanations by Aramis audio
- Download 44 – Result of the Ideas of the King & the Ideas of D’Artagnan audio
- Download 45 – The Ancestors of Porthos audio
- Download 46 – The Son of Biscarrat audio
- Download 47 – The Grotto of Locmaria audio
- Download 48 – The Grotto audio
- Download 49 – An Homeric Song audio
- Download 50 – The Death of a Titan audio
- Download 51 – Porthos’ Epitaph audio
- Download 52 – Monsieur de Gesvre’s Round audio
- Download 53 – Louis XIV audio
- Download 54 – Monsieur Fouquet’s Friends audio
- Download 55 – Porthos’ Will audio
- Download 56 – The Old Age of Athos audio
- Download 57 – Athos’ Vision audio
- Download 58 – The Angel of Death audio
- Download 59 – The Bulletin audio
- Download 60 – The Last Canto of the Poem audio
- Download 61a – Epilogue (Part 1) audio
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The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas is part of the novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years After, published in serial form between 1857-50. It is also the last of the D'Artagnan stories written by Dumas and the three musketeers are the real heroes of the story, though the title is given to the man in the iron mask.
The story opens with Aramis (one of the musketeers who is now a priest) taking the last confession of a prisoner who is condemned to be executed soon. His confession comes as a thunderbolt to the former musketeer. This mysterious person is actually the identical twin brother of Louis XIV. He was ordered to be killed by his own parents, Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, to prevent any future challenge to the throne. However, he is ultimately thrown into prison and has lived there ever since. Now that Louis has ascended the throne, he is condemned to die. Aramis is not one to let such a crime go unpunished. He enlists the help of Porthos. He feels that Phillipe being the older twin and thus entitled to reign should be restored to the throne and along with this, Aramis himself can also become the Cardinal of France. Devious plots are meanwhile underway, launched by the evil Superintendent of Finance, Fouquet. Aramis brings Phillipe to the palace, kidnaps Louis and substitutes one twin for another. And the story races to its gripping climax.
In The Man in the Iron Mask, the final moments of some of musketeers is depicted very poignantly. Alexandre Dumas' story is based on some interesting historical facts. A mysterious prisoner called Eustache Daugher was held in several prisons across France and Italy, for 34 years under the custody of the same jailer who moved with him constantly. The French novelist Voltaire was the first to speculate about the possible identity of Daugher. However, nothing has been proven conclusively, though the story provided rich material for many conspiracy theories and novels.
As a fast paced Three Musketeers adventure, The Man in the Iron Mask is indeed an exciting and interesting read.
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