The author presents a comprehensive study of the life, monarchy, and parentage of seventeenth-century French king Louis XIV and examines his power, character, and his relationships with women, the court, the church, and his subjects.
Gardener Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, admired by King Louis XIV for his mastery over the royal gardens, is invited by the regent to Paris, but, horrified by city life, Quintinie returns to Versailles where he strikes up a friendship with political radical Philippe de Neuville and comes to see the injustice of the king's policies toward the poor.
A bishop, knowing that King Louis XIV of France has a twin brother who has been imprisoned in the Bastille for eight years, schemes to place the twin on the throne. An abridged, cartoon version.
An intrigue involving the election of class president reminds Wishbone of the twin brother of King Louis XIV of France who must decide if he should risk everything to escape his iron mask and trade it for the king's crown.
Presents an illustrated retelling of the classic novel in which the four Musketeers plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious masked prisoner in the Bastille, who is believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
A graphic novel adaptation of Alexander Dumas's story of Philippe, the twin brother of King Louis XIV, who was taken from his mother and later imprisoned to keep him from challenging the throne of France.
