The Man in the Iron Mask (AmazonClassics Edition)

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: Guy Mott

After thirty-five years, the Three Musketeers - Athos, Aramis, and Porthos - join forces again. This time, it’s to rid France of corrupt King Louis XIV. True to their ingenuity, they plan to replace him with the mysterious prisoner in the barbaric iron mask now languishing in the Bastille. But their old comrade D’Artagnan, still in loyal service to the court, stands in their way. As the daring coup unfolds, literature’s legendary brotherhood is put to the test.

Alexandre Dumas’s elegiac tribute to friendship, honor, and loyalty reaches its epic conclusion in this final and thrilling adventure of the Musketeers.

Revised edition: Previously published as The Man in the Iron Mask, this edition of The Man in the Iron Mask (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Enjoyed but not what I was expecting

I really enjoyed this book. I was expecting more of the story from the 90’s movie and soon found out that the movie is NOTHING like the original book. That being said, I really enjoyed the story and the narration, it took a minute to get the flow of it, but I feel like the narrator did a good job scone this book is from the mid 1800’s. It is long but old books usually are.

Pathetic plot vs the potential and the namesake

I wish I had read ahead about the plot. the 3 musketeers was a brilliant book full of intrigue, politics, daring with glimpses of history. Truly one of the best books I have ever read.... then there is this... by the same masterful author... and with the same characters... and it is a total trash heap. I don't know if the author just got depressed or had a brain injury but the plot is weak, the politics are obvious and overly stated, the narratives are so long you want to take a nap and the depressing "every one dies off" is just stupid when you have such great material. I don't like tragedies in the first place and I especially don't like ones that waste hours and hours of my time with bad plots.