The Man in the Iron Mask

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: Bill Homewood

The Man in the Iron Mask continues the adventures of the dauntless heroes of The Three Musketeers - Aramis, Athos, Porthos and d'Artagnan. In old age their swashbuckling ought to have been replaced by a more gentle way of life, but the veteran warriors find themselves at the center of a plot in which both hearts and heads are broken, and the very throne of France is at stake.

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A gripping end to the Musketeers saga

There were several points in this gripping novel that made it difficult to pull myself away. Dumas is an excellent writer and really knows how to communicate excitement and keep the reader/listener begging for more. The one disappointing thing was no mention of the fate of the man in the iron mask.

Bill Homewood is a narrator extraordinaire! Any French novel literally comes to life through his masterful reading with exquisite pronunciation. His capture of the emotional nature also draws the listener in, accentuating Dumas exceptional writing. A captivating adventure is this worthwhile audiobook.

Dumas /Homewood 2016!

This has been amazing! The Count of Monte Christo, The Three Musketeers, and now this story. Homewood is more than equal to the task!

Solid but feels incomplete

Very annoying how audiobook companies will only publish a couple books out of the series. This is the 5th book in series and going from the first to 5th is kind of jarring and skipping a lot of content. Bill homewood needs to hurry up and make twenty years after!

Beautifully written, but very hard to follow.

The only other book in the series I've read is the first one, so perhaps that's why I felt so lost while listening to this. I enjoyed the Marvel Illustrated adaption of this and thought this would be a fun listen. While the writing's vivid and poetic, the story's hard to follow. There are so many characters, so many intrigues, so much that's happening that I had to reverse numerous times just to get a clue about what's going on.

Also, I never got why Philippe would be considered a better king than Louis. This is probably delusion speaking, but it feels like Dumas failed to fully develop his great premise.

Touching conclusion, but, overall, not as good as desired

The conclusion really is quite moving, but it was occasionally difficult to determine who was speaking or about whom the author was speaking, what with most ppl having multiple names. I know it is an unusual take, though I stated it in my other reviews of Dumas' work, the films are actually better. Not all of them, mind, but some then