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

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

THE COUNT IS BACK

In The Count 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 to destroy those who ruined his life.

In this sequel, the story continues.

Starting in the midst of the action of Count, Son of Monte Cristo starts dramatically with the arrival of the Count of Monte Cristo at the wedding of Eugenie Danglars, daughter of Dantes enemy, and the Italian Count Andrea Cavalcanti.

One of the Dantes enemies, a former galley-slave named Caderouse, had been killed in a burglary at the Count of Monte Cristo. At the wedding the Count reveals that Andrea Cavalcanti was the murderer -- and is reality a criminal named Benedetto. Benedetto flees -- but not without a hefty portion of Eugenie's dowry in his pockets

After his revenge, the Count of Monte Cristo married Haidee. Now, he has a son named Spero.

New adventures await him as he must fight against the wiles of the notorious bandit, Benedetto, who has returned to wreak his own revenge

Alexandre Dumas was born July 24, 1802, at Villiers-Cotterets, France, the son of Napoleon's famous mulatto general, Dumas. Alexandre Dumas began writing at an early age and saw his first success in a play he wrote entitled Henri III et sa Cour (1829). A prolific author, Dumas was also an adventurer and took part in the Revolution of 1830. Dumas is most famous for his brilliant historical novels, which he wrote with collaborators, mainly Auguste Maquet, and which were serialized in the popular press of the day. His most popular works are The Three Musketeers(1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-45), and The Man in Iron Mask (1848-50). Dumas made and lost several fortunes, and died penniless on on December 5, 1870.
Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize. He has also translated Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs, both for Penguin Classics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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ISBN 13	9781606643396
ISBN 10	1606643398
Title	The Son of Monte Cristo, Volume II (of II) by Alexandre Dumas, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure, War & Military
Author	Alexandre Dumas
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Aegypan
Year published	2009-02-01
Number of pages	228
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