The Man in the Iron Mask

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. Introduction by Francine du Plessix Gray Translated by Joachim Neugroschel

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was the author of more than ninety plays and many novels--most famously the Three Musketeers trilogy and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Francine du Plessix Gray is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist At Home with the Marquis de Sade, among other works.

Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize.