The Count of Monte Cristo

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**AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT**A brilliant story of intrigue, retribution, revenge and redemption.Imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, Edmond Dantès spends fourteen bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works, he uses all he has learnt during his incarceration to mastermind an elaborate plan of revenge that will bring punishment to those he holds responsible for his fate. No longer the naïve sailor who disappeared into the dark fortress all those years ago, he reinvents himself as the charming, mysterious and powerful Count of Monte Cristo… ‘Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers’ Guardian

Additional information

Weight 0.936 kg
Dimensions 5.5 × 12.7 × 19.7 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

1472

Publisher

Year Published

2009-6-4

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0099518945

About The Author

Alexandre Dumas was born on 24 July 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts near Paris.His father, who was the son of a French marquis and a former slave, died when Alexandre was three years old. He was brought up by his mother and later moved to Paris to work as a clerk. He wrote plays, travel books, children's stories and memoirs as well as novels and was a keen traveller and cook. His most famous works are The Three Musketeers (1844) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-5). Alexandre Dumas died on 5 December 1870.

The greatest of escape stories

Other text

What makes The Count Of Monte Cristo such a superior story is that revenge is not the only emotion driving the plot… it is an almost perfect story – also in the mix are love, friendship, jealousy, faith, education, snobbery and class

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