The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask is a name given to a prisoner arrested as Eustache Dauger and held for 34 years. He under the name of Marchioly during the reign of Louis XIV of France. What facts are known about this prisoner are based mainly on correspondence between his jailer and his superiors. Dumas elaborated on this intriguing story in the final installment of his Three Musketeers saga. The d'Artagnan series includes; The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Ten Years Later, Louise de la Valliere and The Man in the Iron Mask. Alexandre Dumas was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages. His historical novels include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Corsican Brothers, and The Man in the Iron Mask.