| 1. | Dumas, Alexandre Man in the Iron Mask Level 3 Workbook
EDCON 1992 Paperback 11 X 8 1/2 X 1/8
"You are about to hear," said Aramis, "an account which few could now give; for it refers to a secret which they buried with their dead...." So begins the magnificent concluding story of the swashbuckling Musketeers, Aramis, Athos, Porthos, and D'Artagnan. Aramis -- plotting against the King of France -- bribes his way into the jail cells of the Bastille where a certain prisoner has been entombed for eight long years. The prisoner knows neither his real name nor the crime he has committed. But Aramis knows the secret of the prisoner's identity...a secret so dangerous that its revelation could topple the King from his throne! Aramis...plotting against the King? The motto of the Musketeers has been "All for one, and one for all." Has Aramis betrayed his friends? Is this the end of the Musketeers? Children's Literature - Joyce Rice Louis the Fourteenth, King of France, has an identical twin brother. The existence of Philippe, the twin, is known only to the Queen mother, and to the bishop Aramis, who was once a musketeer. Philippe has been reared in another country under the watchful eye of the queen's servants. His world is of horses, trees and the outdoors, while his brother basks in the royal world of kings and queens. However, King Louis is not a good king and so begins the plot to remove him from the throne and replace him with Philippe. This literary classic has all the elements to capture the interest of the upper elementary or middle school reader. There is mystery, intrigue, and suspense. Mantell's adaptation is an excellent choice for introducing younger readers to the classics, with a suggested reading level of 2.5. Children will also be drawn to this title because of the recent movie version. AudioFile - Yuri Rasovsky This thrice-filmed romance stems from two historical facts. A valiant captain of musketeers named D'Artagnan lived in France c.1620 1673. Sometime before 1681, an unknown political criminal was forced to conceal his identity under an iron (or perhaps velvet) mask and condemned to live out his days in various French prisons. Some say he was the twin brother of the king. From the first fact, Dumas wove his popular adventures that began with The Three Musketeers. From the second fact, the same writer drew his plot for this, the third Musketeer novel. Reg Green delivers this very truncated abridgment with Gallic elegance and panache. He has one of those voices that compel one's attention, which he uses with great evocative power. A warning though he delivers some odd line readings and strange pronunciations of French terms, and the sound quality is not all it should be. Y.R. ŠAudioFile, Portland, Maine
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