- Published: 10 August 2004
- ISBN: 9780140439243
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 496
- RRP: $36.99
The Man in the Iron Mask
Published for the first time in Penguin Classics, this is the conclusion of Dumas's celebrated Musketeers adventures
In the Musketeers’ final adventure, D’Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. Meanwhile, a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask wastes away deep inside the Bastille. When the destinies of king and prisoner converge, the Three Musketeers and D’Artagnan find themselves caught between conflicting loyalties.
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- Published: 10 August 2004
- ISBN: 9780140439243
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 496
- RRP: $36.99
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About the author
Alexandre Dumas was a French playwright, historian and prolific novelist, penning a string of successful books including The Three Musketeers (1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1845), and Twenty Years After(1845). His novels have been translated into a hundred different languages and inspired over two hundred films. In his day Dumas was as famous for his financial irresponsibility and flamboyant lifestyle as for his writing. Dumas died in 1870.