Man in the Iron Mask the queen to be left alone with her midwife to give birth to the second child. To make the context clearer, it should be remembered that there was a controversy at that time over which one of twins was the elder: the one born first or the one who, being born second, would have, as was then thought, been conceived first. In such a situation, the reigning twin would face a serious threat to his throne. Also supporting the theory of King Louis XIV's twin, a thorough examination of the French Kings' genealogy shows many twin births, in the Capetian
The Man in the Velvet Mask The Man in the Velvet Mask The Man in the Velvet Mask is an original novel written by Daniel O'Mahony and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The novel features the First Doctor and Dodo. The story is set in an alternate universe version of the French Revolution and features the Marquis de Sade as a prominent character. The TARDIS lands in post-revolutionary France, but something is off: a futuristic structure called the New Bastille towers over a twisted version of Paris, ruled over by the tyrannical First Deputy Minski, adopted son of the infamous