Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. Tom Reiss' swashbuckling new book, "e;The Black Count,"e; tells the true story of Alex Dumas, ...