Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts, north of Paris, and died in 1870. His father had been a general in the armies of the French Revolution, and he grew up hearing tales of battles and daring deeds that he would later turn into literature.
He began in the theatre, but fame came with the serialised novels published in newspapers, often written together with the historian Auguste Maquet. In 1844 two of the most famous novels of all time appeared. The Three Musketeers follows young d'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris and joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis in a whirl of duels, intrigue and loyalty. The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of Edmond Dantès, unjustly imprisoned, who returns years later, rich and transformed, to take revenge on those who betrayed him.
Dumas writes so that you cannot stop: chapters that end on a cliff edge and characters bursting with life.
Their books in our catalogue
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The Three MusketeersAlejandro Dumas
The Three MusketeersAlejandro Dumas
The Three Musketeers
Alejandro Dumas
A brash young Gascon rides into Paris hoping to join the King's Musketeers, and manages to pick fights with three of them before lunch. Athos, Porthos and Aramis become his inseparable companions in a whirl of duels, court intrigue and schemes spun by Cardinal Richelieu. Pure swashbuckling joy, witty and relentless, with the seventeenth century as its glittering stage.
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The Count of Monte CristoAlejandro Dumas
The Count of Monte CristoAlejandro Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alejandro Dumas
A young sailor, betrayed on the eve of his wedding by envy and ambition, vanishes into a fortress prison with no trial and no hope. Years later he resurfaces in Parisian high society as a mysterious, fabulously wealthy nobleman with a meticulously laid plan. A sweeping, irresistible adventure about justice, vengeance and mercy, with all the page-turning pull of the serial it once was.
