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The King’s Brother? The Man in the Iron Mask-Part 1 (Episode #18)
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In the 17th and 18th centuries, under King Louis XIV’s rule in France, a man remained imprisoned across various prisons for decades. His identity, shrouded in mystery, has never been revealed. Legends suggest he perpetually wore a mask of iron to conceal his face, raising questions about his background. Was he a political prisoner, a nobleman, or even the king’s secret brother and rightful heir to the throne? So, who was the man in the iron mask?
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EPISODE RESOURCES
- “The Man in the Iron Mask | French Convict | Britannica.” www.britannica.com, www.britannica.com/biography/the-man-in-the-iron-mask-French-convict.
- “Man in the Iron Mask.” Wikipedia, 28 Sept. 2023, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Iron_Mask. Accessed 9 Oct. 2023.
- “The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later.” Wikipedia, 27 Sept. 2023, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vicomte_of_Bragelonne:_Ten_Years_Later#Part_Three:_The_Man_in_the_Iron_Mask_(Chapters_181. Accessed 9 Oct. 2023.
- “How Voltaire Helped Spread the Legend of Europe’s Most Famous Prisoner, the Man in the Iron Mask.” CrimeReads, 8 July 2021, crimereads.com/voltaire-man-in-the-iron-mask/. Accessed 9 Oct. 2023.
- Voltaire, 1694-1778, et al. The Age of Louis XIV. Internet Archive, London, Fielding and Walker, 1779, archive.org/details/agelouisxivtowh00grifgoog/mode/1up. Accessed 10 Oct. 2023.
- Voltaire, 1694-1778, et al. Questions Sur L’Encyclopédie. Internet Archive, [Geneva : s.n.], 1770, archive.org/details/questionssurlenc01volt/mode/1up. Accessed 10 Oct. 2023.
- “Great Cipher.” Wikipedia, 1 July 2023, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cipher#:~:text=The%20Great%20Cipher%20(French%3A%20Grand. Accessed 10 Oct. 2023.
- Cataldo, Federico. “The True Story of the Man in the Iron Mask.” Www.ancient-Origins.net, www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/story-man-iron-mask-002419.
- “Mystery Unmasked.” The Current, 27 Apr. 2016, news.ucsb.edu/2016/016743/mystery-unmasked.
- For more about Paul Sonnino’s hypothesis: Sonnino, Paul. The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask. Rowman & Littlefield, 7 Jan. 2016.
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- Episode Thumbnail: Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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