About the legend

According to Voltaire, the "Man in the Iron Mask" was a young boy, tall, handsome, and with good behavior. Who was not denied to anything he asked in the Bastille and other prisons. He had the best dinner and the officer rarely met with him. He also liked to wear good dresses and laces. He used to play the guitar, and he was fed by a deaf-mute. He couldn´t had contact with the personal of the prison and he had to wear the mask all the time.