Man in the Iron Mask Dumas also presented a review of the popular theories about the prisoner extant in his time in the chapter "L'homme au masque de fer" in the sixth volume of his non-fiction "Crimes Célèbres". The earliest surviving records of the masked prisoner are from late July 1669, when Louis XIV's minister, the Marquis de Louvois, sent a letter to Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, governor of the prison of Pignerol, which at the time was part of France. In his letter, Louvois informed Saint-Mars that a prisoner named "Eustache Dauger" was due to arrive in the next month or so. Louvois instructed
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