| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-239) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the state of the question -- The sex life of Anne of Austria -- The candidacy of Claude Imbert -- The Fouquet connection -- Calais -- Follow the money -- A tale of two families -- The testament of Cardinal Mazarin -- The cover-up -- Was Eustache Dauger gay? -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
This book pursues an enduring puzzle that has stumped historians for centuries and seduced novelists and filmmakers down to this day. Who was the man who wore an iron mask and was kept in prison for years during the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV? Paul Sonnino brilliantly traces his decade-long quest to solve the mystery. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Man in the Iron Mask.
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Man in the Iron Mask. |
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France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
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Political prisoners -- France -- 17th century -- History.
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Political prisoners. |
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France. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
History. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1715 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The search for the Man in the Iron Mask Lanham ; Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 9781442253636 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2015035816 |
| ISBN |
9781442253643 ebook |
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1442253649 |
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9781442253636 cloth : alkaline paper |
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1442253630 |
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