text: **Literature**
  
  Alexandre Dumas portrayed Louis in his two sequels to his 1844 novel*The Three Musketeers*: first as a child in 
  *Twenty Years After*(1845), then as a young man in*The Vicomte de Bragelonne*(1847–1850), in which he is a 
  central character. The final part of the latter novel recounts the legend that a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask 
  was actually Louis's twin brother and has spawned numerous film adaptations generally titled*The Man in the Iron*
  *Mask*. 
  In 1910, the American historical novelist Charles Major wrote*"The Little King: A Story of the Childhood of King*
  *Louis XIV"*. 
  Louis is a major character in the 1959 historical novel*Angélique et le Roy*("Angélique and the King"), part of the 
  *Angélique*series. The protagonist, a strong-willed lady at Versailles, rejects the King's advances and refuses to 
  become his mistress. A later book, the 1961*Angélique se révolte*("Angélique in Revolt"), details the dire 
  consequences of her defying this powerful monarch. 
  A character based on Louis plays an important role in*The Age of Unreason*, a series of four alternate history 
  novels written by American science fiction and fantasy author Gregory Keyes. 
  Louis features significantly in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, specifically in the 2003 novel*The Confusion*, the 
  greater part of which takes place at Versailles. 
  In the*39 Clues*series universe, it has been noted that Louis was part of the Cahill branch, Tomas. 
  He is called the son of Apollo in Rick Riordan's*Trials of Apollo*series. 
  Louis XIV is portrayed in Vonda N. McIntyre's 1997 novel*The Moon and the Sun*. 