Adventure

The Man in the Iron Mask

by Alexandre Dumas

The ageing musketeers discover the most dangerous secret in France: a prisoner in the Bastille whose face must never be seen, because it is the face of the king. Dumas built the story on a real prisoner of Louis XIV whose identity is still argued over. It is the last part of the musketeers’ long saga, and the saddest.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 11 hr 40 min

Where to find it

The secret bookcase in the west wing

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #2759. In the public domain in the United States.