Edmund Dant es, betrayed by his enemies and unjustly convicted of aiding the exiled Napoleon, escapes after fourteen years imprisonment in the Ch ateau d'If and embarks on a carefully crafted plot to seek his revenge.
| ISBN: | 9780451529701 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 2005 |
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas |
| Publisher: | Signet Classics an imprint of Penguin Random House Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 509 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |
I recommend everyone who can get their hands on the book to read it.
Imagine yourself walking through the harbour of Marseille, a bright future ahead, to be captain of the Pharaon, unbeknown to you that your close ones are plotting your downfall and that you have years of terror and torture ahead. This is the exact feeling Edmond Dantes had, happy as possibly can be, the way to meet his fiancée, Mercedes. The previous captain of the ship, M. Leclere, passed in agony during the voyage of the Pharaon due to brain fever. Naturally, being the first mate, Dantes takes control of the ship. The poor 19-year-old just wanted to fulfil the last wishes of late Captain Leclere and stopped at the Island of Elba (Napoleon Bonaparte’s retreat) to receive a packet, whose contents were unknown to him, and deliver it to a Bonapartist, Noirtier.... Read Full Review