The Count of Monte Cristo. Volume 1

“The Count of Monte Cristo,” one of the most popular novels by Alexandre Dumas, has an astounding success among readers. The author drew its plot from the archives of the Paris police. The true life of the shoemaker François Picaud, who became the prototype of Edmond Dantès, under the pen of a true artist transformed into a captivating book about the martyr of the Château d'If and the Parisian angel of vengeance.