As a result of false accusations by powerful enemies, 19-year-old Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and, without fair trial, condemned to solitary confinement in a fortress prison. There he learns of a treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo.
Alexandre Dumas could have been a character from one of his novels. A true romantic, he was the son of Napoleon's famous General Dumas, a prolific writer of over 277 volumes, a revolutionary and a man of tremendous appetites. He was born on July 24, 1802 and died penniless but happy on December 5, 1870, a refugee from his own excesses.