Alexandre Dumas wrote historical adventure fiction driven by revenge, loyalty, political intrigue and dramatic reversals. The Count of Monte Cristo follows Edmond Dantès from wrongful imprisonment through escape, hidden treasure and an elaborate plan to punish the people who betrayed him. The Three Musketeers turns to seventeenth-century France, where the young d'Artagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis in duels, court conspiracies and conflicts involving Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter. Later Musketeer novels continue the characters' lives over several decades. Dumas's books are long but strongly plot-driven, using cliffhangers, disguises, secret identities and sudden changes of fortune to keep the action moving. His work sits within historical adventure, swashbuckling fiction and classic revenge stories, alongside writers such as Rafael Sabatini and Robert Louis Stevenson. Read more Less
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