The Man in the Iron Mask

I recently finished a book called The Man in the Iron Mask. The author of this book is Alexandre Dumas. Once in Paris, France there was a king who had a twin brother. His name was King Louis IV. Living in that city was a guy called Aramis. Aramis believed that the twin brother of the king should be the actual king. Aramis has to figure out a way to not be recognized but also to switch the two before the king finds out about his plan. This book has a lot of fighting and war.

Aramis figures that the person who should be crowned king is sitting behind a cell. Aramis switched the both of the king and his brother, but then everybody finds out about his plan. Aramis quickly escaped and started walking toward an island where his friend would give him reinforcements. Meanwhile, King Louis IV sends one of his best general (D’Artagnan) to find Aramis. Luckily both the general and Aramis are friends. The book ends with a lot of suspicion and fighting.

When Aramis and Porthos (Aramis’ friend) were in the Grotto Aramis made a heavy decision to make Porthos plant the explosives before he came out. If Porthos had run a little too late he might have died. This was because after he planted the explosives and immediately turned around and ran he still did not manage to get out before the rocks fell on him. I thought that Aramis had made the right decision because they managed to get out.

I think this book is very good and has a lot of story behind it. I like that it keeps the reader at a constant pace.

I recommend this book to people who like friendship and like many stories happening at the same time. I would give this a 4 star rating.