Project Gutenberg 2013-03-27 Public domain in the USA. 80 Dover, George Agar Ellis, Baron 1797 1833 Dover, Lord Ellis, George Agar, Baron Dover 04003307 The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask Extracted from Documents in the French Archives Produced by StevenGibbs, Christoph W. Kluge, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask" by the Hon. George Agar Ellis is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book investigates the long-standing mystery surrounding the identity of the historical figure known as the Iron Mask, exploring documents from the French archives that could potentially reveal his true identity. With a focus on a key character, Hercules Anthony Matthioli, the narrative delves into the intrigues of 17th-century political machinations, particularly those involving Louis XIV of France. The beginning of the work sets the stage for a thorough examination of the history of the Iron Mask, highlighting the public's fascination with this enigmatic figure for over a century. Ellis criticizes previous works, particularly one by M. Delort, for their confusing and overly flattering portrayals of Louis XIV while misrepresenting the significance of Matthioli's case. He presents an outline of the historical context surrounding Matthioli's life, detailing his ties to the Dukedom of Mantua and the political complexities that led to his imprisonment. The initial chapters promise a scrupulous analysis of the documents that purportedly confirm Matthioli as the true identity of the Iron Mask, thereby providing a compelling narrative steeped in historical intrigue and the quest for truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42419/42419-h/images/cover.jpg en Mattioli, Ercole Antonio, conte, 1640-1703 Prisoners -- France -- 17th century Man in the Iron Mask DC Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 600857 600887 2024-09-17T16:56:52.950023 2023-09-18T11:31:26.584483 text/html text/html 611556 2013-03-27T15:13:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 293586 2013-03-27T15:13:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 523385 2024-09-17T16:57:10.385960 application/epub+zip 529785 2024-09-17T16:56:55.716001 application/epub+zip 441064 2024-09-17T16:56:54.322006 application/epub+zip 638980 2024-09-17T16:57:19.561917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467048 2024-09-17T16:57:08.790960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378168 2022-09-19T11:21:05.207033 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409278 2024-09-17T16:56:50.697029 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 410352 2013-03-27T15:13:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 131564 2013-03-27T15:13:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 408965 2013-03-27T15:13:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131294 2013-03-27T15:13:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 408957 2013-03-27T15:13:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131153 2013-03-27T15:13:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21994 2024-09-17T16:57:19.744880 application/rdf+xml 17683 2024-09-17T16:56:54.513007 image/jpeg 2875 2024-09-17T16:56:54.417005 image/jpeg 290728 2024-09-17T16:56:52.990030 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog