The Man in the Iron Mask A Swashbuckling Tale of French Court Intrigue, Hidden Royal Secrets, and Seventeenth-Century Revenge
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Verlag
CopycatSeitenzahl
300
Maße (L/B/H)
1,6/15,2/22,9 cm
Gewicht
418 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-285-2457-9
The Man in the Iron Mask, the culminating movement of Alexandre Dumas's vast d'Artagnan cycle, combines political intrigue, romance, and historical fiction in a narrative of hidden identities and contested sovereignty. Set in the glittering yet treacherous court of Louis XIV, the novel imagines the legend of the masked prisoner as a drama of dynastic substitution, moral loyalty, and the tragic limits of heroism. Dumas's style is expansive, theatrical, and irresistibly swift, blending archival history with adventurous invention; beneath its sensational premise lies a meditation on power, legitimacy, and the passing of an age embodied by the aging musketeers. Dumas, one of nineteenth-century France's most prolific and beloved novelists, wrote out of a deep fascination with national history and public legend. His career as a dramatist and serial novelist shaped his gift for scene, suspense, and emotional contrast. In this late musketeer narrative, Dumas's interest in royal spectacle, friendship, betrayal, and historical myth converges with particular force, suggesting both nostalgia for heroic ideals and skepticism toward absolutist rule. This is a richly rewarding book for readers of classic adventure, historical fiction, and French literature. It offers not merely suspense and spectacle, but a poignant, intellectually engaging conclusion to one of the great narrative sequences of the nineteenth century.
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