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Dashing young Edmond Dantès has everything: a fine reputation, an appointment as captain of a ship, and the heart of a beautiful woman. But his perfect life is shattered when three jealous friends conspire to destroy him. Falsely accused of a political crime, Dantès is locked away for life in the infamous Chateau d'If prison. But it is there that Dantès learns of a vast hidden treasure.

On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason, trumped up by jealous rivals. Incarcerated for many lonely years in the isolated and terrifying Chateau d'If near Marseille, he meticulously plans his brilliant escape and extraordinary revenge.

Si nous avons tous en partage les récits de Dumas, à travers leurs adaptations livresques et cinématographiques, la vie de l'écrivain et son inscription dans l'histoire ne nous sont pas toujours familières. Les romans en feuilleton, les créations théâtrales, l'aventure romantique, l'engagement républicain, la critique dramatique, les récits de voyages, son rapport à la question noire, sont autant d'aspects de l'itinéraire de l'homme de lettres que nous livre Isabelle Safa.

The latest entry in this acclaimed series of new translations of the Musketeer novels, Blood Royal continues the adventures of the valiant d’Artagnan and his three loyal friends. The latest translation in Lawrence Ellsworth’s acclaimed new series of Alexandre Dumas’s greatest adventures is...