[5], Another candidate, much favored in the 1800s, was Fouquet's fellow prisoner Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (or Matthioli).

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Later, Saint-Mars elaborated upon instructions that the prisoner should not be seen during transportation. One way to view this book is to see it as the end of an era – the dissolution of a famous friendship and the end of fractured loyalties within a kingdom. By The records show that during the inquiry the investigators were told about a supplier of poisons, a surgeon named Auger, and Duvivier became convinced that Dauger de Cavoye, disinherited and short of money, had become Auger, the supplier of poisons, and subsequently Dauger, the man in the mask. Is this an expression of anger at his old friend? At court we discover that there are plenty of intrigues in which heroes are involved, including an interesting situation concerning a mysterious man in an iron mask.The Man in the Iron Mask is the darker, more grown-up aftermath of The Three Musketeers, and as you can see in "Themes," the past figures heavily in this novel. May 24 2016, 6:01 PM PDT. This theory would explain the secrecy surrounding the prisoner, whose true identity would have destroyed the legitimacy of Louis XIV's claim to the throne had it been revealed. At the Siege of Cuneo in 1691, Bulonde was concerned about enemy troops arriving from Austria and ordered a hasty withdrawal, leaving behind his munitions and wounded men. Jacques Zipes, in the "Afterword" to the Signet Classics edition of Man in the Iron Mask, published in 2006 states: Louis's rise to greatness demands cold calculation and total administration that will not and does not have any use for the strength (Porthos), dignity (Athos/Raoul), and loyalty (D'Artagnan) of the Musketeers. Finally, there was The Vicomte de Bragelonne. [3], In his letter to Saint-Mars announcing the imminent arrival of the prisoner who would become the "man in the iron mask," Louvois gave his name as "Eustache Dauger" and historians have found evidence that a "Eustache Dauger" was living in France at the time and was involved in scandalous and embarrassing events involving people in high places known as l'Affaire des Poisons. Only unscrupulous cunning is left, according to this interpretation, as the King consolidates his absolute power. Map of Belle-IsleThe white dot shows the island's location with respect to the rest of France.

In a 1965 essay Le Masque de fer,[8] French novelist Marcel Pagnol, supporting his theory in particular on the circumstances of King Louis XIV's birth, claims that the Man in the Iron Mask was indeed a twin but born second, and hence the younger, and would have been hidden in order to avoid any dispute over the throne holder. Answer: I believe the "for my sister" note referred to the jewelry she left behind, meaning to give it to her sister. In fact, Greg told me that one reason they were so excited about having me morph into Jay Garrick is that there are so many more ways that they could use me. The Man in the Iron Mask has also appeared in many works of fiction, most prominently in the late 1840s by Alexandre Dumas. Saint-Mars was to see Dauger only once a day to provide food and whatever else he needed. Supposedly, the substitute father then left for the Americas but in the 1660s returned to France with the aim of extorting money for keeping his secret, and was promptly imprisoned. Many theories exist and several books have been written about the case. He’s been mentioned but never seen, right. TVLINE | Have you been told anything about the show’s version of Earth-Three? His comment when the barn subsequently collapses, "I'm a genius, not an engineer" was written as a pun in the original French manuscript. If you like TVLine, you'll LOVE our weekly newsletter. Also, the audience and readers of the novel are expected to employ a certain "suspension of disbelief" in order to allow the story to be told. Archives nationales de France: salle des inventaires, Archives nationales (accessed 23 January 2017). I figured once that was completed, and Barry had fully accepted his role as a superhero, my job was done. Cut back to the grave, and a rose has suddenly appeared there. This is actually not correct. They typically break it up into smaller volumes – sometimes three, sometimes four. A secret pact to replace the king with his twin? D'Artagnan's three best friends who have known him for over twenty years pronounce his name three different ways. If it was real over the amount of time in the film the rose would be long dead. A French occupation would be unpopular, so discretion was essential, but Mattioli leaked the details to France's Spanish enemies, after pocketing his commission once the sale had been concluded, and they made a bid of their own before the French forces could occupy the town.