The Man in the Iron Mask (Wordsworth Classics)

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Tuetey, Alexandre [in French] (1894). Répertoire général des sources manuscrites de l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution française (PDF) (hardcover) (in French). Vol.III. Paris: Imprimerie Nouvelle. p.636 – via Bibliothèque nationale de France. (Église) de Saint-Louis-de-la-Culture

Straight Dope Staff (5 November 2002). "Who was the "Man in the Iron Mask"?". straightdope.com. The Straight Dope. Dumas, Alexandre (1997). Jean-Yves Tadié (ed.). Le Vicomte de Bragelonne (in French). Vol.I. Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-07-040051-5.

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de la Barre-de-Raillicourt, Dominiue (1989). "La condition carcérale en France au début du XVIII ème siècle". Il y a trois siècles, le Masque de fer (in French). Cannes, France: OMACC. However, Matthiole died in 1694, which was years before the Man in the Iron Mask passed away. So that’s why many experts agree that Dauger is a more likely candidate. The next day, Aramis goes to visit his friend and fellow former musketeer, D'Artagnan in his home. D'Artagnan is being fitted for a suit. Aramis tells the tailor fitting him (who is also a tailor for the king) that the king's Superintendent of Finances, Nicolas Fouquet plans to present the king with a portrait of himself on the day of the fete and he wishes to know what the king will be wearing that day so that they can match the clothes in the portrait to his actual regal dress. He asks for fabric samples from the suits. This conversation makes D'Artagnan suspicious. Aramis leaves to go and speak to Fouquet. He tells the man how the portrait idea is fairing and requesting for a letter to be given to Monsieur de Lyonne asking for the release of a man named Seldon from the Bastille. I have no idea who to credit for the translation of this public domain edition. It seems very good in term of conveying the story, whether it is a good translation of Dumas’ original text I am not in a position to evaluate. I am torn. As much as I am in love with the Musketeers I cannot accept the code of honor they live by. Because they adhere so religiously to their honor code they are led into life threatening and adventurous episodes which entertain much in reading about them, but I was left mystified by the underlying dismal outcomes in most cases.

In the film version, Louis XIV is portrayed as a villain interested only in money and bedding women while his country starves. In the movie, the royal is also completely responsible for the unique punishment of the mask.Mongrédien 1961, p.220). In that article, he wrote that he owed his ability to publish them "to the extreme consideration of M me la baronne de Sarret de Coussergues, and her two daughters, M lle de Sarret and M me la comtesse Emmanuel de Bertier de Sauvigny, who were kind enough to extract two previously unpublished documents from their family archives, to send me photocopies, and to authorise me to publish [them]." Laloy, Emile (2018) [1st pub. 1913]. Enigmes du Grand Siècle: Le Masque de fer, Jacques Stuart de la Cloche, l'Abbé Prignani, Roux de Marsilly (softcover) (in French). London: Forgotten Books. ISBN 978-0-243-04888-5. Mongrédien, Georges (15 April 1953). "Deux documents inédits sur le Masque de Fer". XVII e siècle. Paris: Société d'étude du XVII e siècle (N os 17-18). Cottret, Monique (1989). "Vérité historique, vérité légendaire". Il y a trois siècles, le Masque de fer (in French). Cannes, France: OMACC.

The French bureaucratic system worked very hard to ensure no one ever knew the real story behind the Man in the Iron Mask. But it didn’t take long for theories to emerge. Theories About The Man In The Iron Mask Ok. Let me try to properly review the novel that concludes the chronicles of the greatest friendship of all time. Roux-Fazillac, Pierre (2018) [1st pub. 1800]. Recherches historiques et critiques sur l'Homme au Masque de Fer (softcover) (in French). New York: Wentworth Press. ISBN 978-0-341-39381-8. The autopsy of Louis XIII found that Louis XIII was unable to father children. Anyone knowing this would know about the origins of Louis XIV, and would be potentially dangerous to him. This theory is that the prisoner was in fact the doctor who had performed the autopsy. and the Service Historique de la Défense ( a.k.a. Anciennes Archives de la Guerre). [51] Historians of the Man in the Iron Mask [ edit ]Across the country, Aramis and Porthos desperately escape from Vaux, riding all day and night to get out of town. They change horses at every opportunity until eventually they reach a way station with no fresh horses. Aramis despairs until he remembers that the last former musketeer, Athos, lives nearby. As the front cover states this is 'the true story of the most famous prisoner in history and the four musketeers'. From some distant source in my memory I had an inclination that the mysterious prisoner in the iron mask was a twin brother of a French king. As in most historical conspiracy theories, the truth is far more incredible, which is why I can't recommend this book more strongly. This part mostly concerns romantic events at the court of Louis XIV. Raoul de Bragelonne finds his childhood sweetheart, Louise de La Vallière, is maid of honour to the Princess. Fearing a tarnishing of Louise's reputation by affairs at court, Raoul seeks to marry her. His father, Athos, the Comte de la Fère, disapproves, but eventually, out of love for his son, reluctantly agrees. The king, however, refuses to sanction the marriage because Louise is of inferior social status, and so marriage is delayed. Loiseleur, Jules [in French] (2020) [1st pub. 1867]. "Le Masque de fer devant la critique moderne". Trois énigmes historiques (softcover) (in French). Paris: Books on Demand. ISBN 978-2-3222-21301.

I was reluctant to read this due to the ubiquity of the Musketeers and because for whatever reason i had assumed Dumas to be a high-brow difficult author. Boy was i wrong, this had such an easy almost pulpy tone to it, perhaps a tad hard to parse during some dialogue but overall very smooth and a nice style. The historians who reject this hypothesis (including Jean-Christian Petitfils), highlight the conditions of childbirth for the queen: It usually took place in the presence of multiple witnesses—the main court's figures. But according to Marcel Pagnol, immediately after the birth of the future Louis XIV, Louis XIII took his whole court to the Château de Saint-Germain's chapel to celebrate a Te Deum in great pomp, contrary to the common practice of celebrating it several days before childbirth. [11] Pagnol, Marcel (1973) [1st pub. 1965]. Le secret du Masque de Fer (hardcover) (in French) (2nded.). Paris: Éditions de Provence. Dumas is my favourite author for a reason. He manipulates words beautifully but uses them to tell stories full of action, intrigue, heroes and adventure. I always feel devastated when I remember he's no longer around to be producing works of such unique calibre. It is the time of the dominance of Cardinal Richelieu and his successor, Mazarin, and of the royal mistresses; of the intrigues and turmoils of France in the centuries preceding the Revolution; the plotting and power struggles of the French courtiers for ascendancy; of diplomats and spies; of the Musketeers.

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Dumas, Alexandre (1840). Crimes Célèbres. Vol.VIII. Arnould; Fournier; Fiorentino; Mallefille. Paris: Administration de Libraire.