4.5
The Man in the Iron Mask (Library Edition)
Product Description [Library Edition Audiobook CD in Vinyl case.] [Read by Simon Vance.] Following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After, Dumas continued his D'Artagnan romances with a final trilogy [The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Valliere, The Man in the Iron Mask] set during the reign of Louis XIV. The Man in the Iron Mask is the swashbuckling conclusion to Dumas's musketeer saga and pits the brave band of heroes against each other in a power struggle that could change the face of the French monarchy. Thirty-five years after the events of The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties in a power struggle that could change the face of the French monarchy. For eight long years, a young prisoner has languished within the dreaded Bastille, his face hidden in an iron mask. He knows neither his true identity nor the crime for which he has been imprisoned. But Aramis knows this secret--a secret so dangerous, it could topple the King from his throne! Will his cause divide the once indivisible band of musketeers? A tale of mystery, adventure, and political intrigue, this conclusion to Dumas's swashbuckling musketeer saga is based on the true story of a masked prisoner who dwelled in the Bastille during Louis XIV's reign and whose identity remains in question to this day. Review ''My favorite book . . . No part of the world has ever seemed to me so charming as these pages, and not even my friends are quite so real, perhaps quite so dear, as D'Artagnan.'' --Robert Louis Stevenson''The name Alexandre Dumas is more than French--it is universal.'' --Victor Hugo''D'Artagnan is the captain of the Musketeers and threads his way among political plotters and old friends. Dumas works in political intrigue, clandestine romance, duels, honor, the capricious Sun King, and battle scenes, for which he is justly famous. Historical characters mix believably with fictional ones rendered with zeal by narrator Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, a stage and television actor, both in Europe and America. He has recorded over 400 audiobooks. He gives the story the full-voiced treatment. He is especially good at the death scenes, Porthos's booming voice, Louis's bombast, the quavering voices of the aging Musketeers, and the chaos of battle.'' --SoundCommentary.com About the Author ALEXANDRE DUMAS (1802-1870), French novelist and playwright, was born the son of an innkeeper's daughter and one of Napoleon's generals. He moved to Paris in 1823 to make his fortune in the theater, and at twenty-eight he was one of the leading literary figures of his day. His complete works were eventually to fill over three hundred volumes, and his stories made him the best-known Frenchman of his age.
Literature & FictionClassics
RELEASED2010
PUBLISHERBlackstone Audio, Inc.
LENGTH23
LANGUAGEEN
A French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent. (From Wikipedia.)
4.5
The Man in the Iron Mask (Library Edition)
Product Description [Library Edition Audiobook CD in Vinyl case.] [Read by Simon Vance.] Following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After, Dumas continued his D'Artagnan romances with a final trilogy [The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Valliere, The Man in the Iron Mask] set during the reign of Louis XIV. The Man in the Iron Mask is the swashbuckling conclusion to Dumas's musketeer saga and pits the brave band of heroes against each other in a power struggle that could change the face of the French monarchy. Thirty-five years after the events of The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties in a power struggle that could change the face of the French monarchy. For eight long years, a young prisoner has languished within the dreaded Bastille, his face hidden in an iron mask. He knows neither his true identity nor the crime for which he has been imprisoned. But Aramis knows this secret--a secret so dangerous, it could topple the King from his throne! Will his cause divide the once indivisible band of musketeers? A tale of mystery, adventure, and political intrigue, this conclusion to Dumas's swashbuckling musketeer saga is based on the true story of a masked prisoner who dwelled in the Bastille during Louis XIV's reign and whose identity remains in question to this day. Review ''My favorite book . . . No part of the world has ever seemed to me so charming as these pages, and not even my friends are quite so real, perhaps quite so dear, as D'Artagnan.'' --Robert Louis Stevenson''The name Alexandre Dumas is more than French--it is universal.'' --Victor Hugo''D'Artagnan is the captain of the Musketeers and threads his way among political plotters and old friends. Dumas works in political intrigue, clandestine romance, duels, honor, the capricious Sun King, and battle scenes, for which he is justly famous. Historical characters mix believably with fictional ones rendered with zeal by narrator Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, a stage and television actor, both in Europe and America. He has recorded over 400 audiobooks. He gives the story the full-voiced treatment. He is especially good at the death scenes, Porthos's booming voice, Louis's bombast, the quavering voices of the aging Musketeers, and the chaos of battle.'' --SoundCommentary.com About the Author ALEXANDRE DUMAS (1802-1870), French novelist and playwright, was born the son of an innkeeper's daughter and one of Napoleon's generals. He moved to Paris in 1823 to make his fortune in the theater, and at twenty-eight he was one of the leading literary figures of his day. His complete works were eventually to fill over three hundred volumes, and his stories made him the best-known Frenchman of his age.
Literature & FictionClassics
RELEASED2010
PUBLISHERBlackstone Audio, Inc.
LENGTH23
LANGUAGEEN
A French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent. (From Wikipedia.)
