Man in the Iron Mask in the mask. It has even been suggested that he was one of the other famous contemporary prisoners being held at Pignerol at the same time as Dauger. Voltaire claimed that the prisoner was a son of Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin, and therefore an illegitimate half-brother of King Louis XIV. However, the sincerity of this claim is uncertain. In his history essay "Le Masque de fer", French novelist Marcel Pagnol, supporting his theory in particular on the circumstances of King Louis XIV's birth, claims that the Man in the Iron mask was indeed a twin but born second,
The Twin (novel) of readers worldwide, who might otherwise never have come across it". Bakker, instead of giving a speech, played a tape recording of "Waar is de zon?", the Dutch entry in Eurovision Song Contest 1994 (which also occurred in Dublin). It was the third consecutive debut novel to win the award, following "Man Gone Down" and "De Niro's Game". J. M. Coetzee describes "The Twin" as "a novel of restrained tenderness and laconic humour". Anne Fine said the book "convinces from first page to last". The Twin (novel) The Twin ("Boven is het stil") is a novel by Dutch writer Gerbrand