The Son of Monte Cristo, Volume II (of II) by Alexandre Dumas, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure, War & Military de Alexandre Dumas

The Son of Monte Cristo, Volume II (of II) by Alexandre Dumas, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure, War & Military

Alexandre Dumas

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THE FATE OF MONTE CRISTO
Edmond Dantes was a young sailor who, in 1815, returned to Marseilles with great expectations.
But Dantes' enemies had him imprisoned in the dungeons of ChAteau D'If.
In prison, Dantes met and befriended an Italian abbE who educated him and then, in death, helped him escape with a fabulous secret of a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo.
Rich and posing as the Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes returned with a beautiful companion named Haidee.
Dantes worked hard to ruin of the men who imprisoned him those many years are coming to fruition.
Danglars, his former shipmate. Fernand who stole Mercedes from him. Villefort, who signed the order for his imprisonment.
After his revenge, the Count of Monte Cristo married Haidee and fathered a son named Spero.
But will the past catch up with Dantes in the form of the evil bandit Benedetto, who has started to wreak havoc?
Will Dantes lose all that he truly loves?

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Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, unfinished at his death, was completed by a scholar and published in 2005, becoming a bestseller. It was published in English in 2008 as The Last Cavalier. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totaled 100,000 pages.