The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Introduction

Talking about this exciting adventure, the story took place in France in the 1800s. The more interesting part to me is that some of the people and places in this story are real, so, it´s part of France history.

Besides, the book shows how after many fights, adventures and more, the good overcomes evil.

He wrote this story to reflect about himself, because he was born in 1802, when Napoleon became ruler of France and saw how France became a very strong country. Also, there were another real person Cesare Borgia, who was a politician and a soldier , fought for many battles and went to the prison of the Chateau d´If, as Edmond Dantes in the book. Moreover,  a real French shoemaker who was going to marry a rich woman. His enemies lied about him and he went to prison. There, a man told him about some treasure hidden in Italy. When the shoemaker left prison, he found it and became a rich man, as Dantes.

About the author Dumas, was one of two famous French writers, father and son. Besides, wrote another famous story, The Three Musketeers, about France in the 1600s.