The Shocking Truth Behind The Count of Monte Cristo: Fact or Fiction?

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[@steveclapper5424]

I loved the book, maybe my favorite read.

[@user-ql7pt9jn6z]

Brilliant! I had no idea that The Count of Monte Cristo was based on real events. Fascinating analysis, I want more content like this! Thanks!

[@PastHorizonsofhistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@onceamusician5408]

I was led to believe and this video does not shake my conviction , that the true story behind this novel was in the life of Dumas' own father. i read a serious biography of General Thomas- Alexandre Dumas. It is called the Black Count: Revolution , Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, by Tom Reiss published 2013. It won a Pulitzer Prize for biography the son of the Caribbean slave girl and a French aristocrat, a soldier of genius Thomas-Alexandre became a general under Napoleon Bonaparte, served with the Corsican in Egypt but on the way back to France ( the two fell out ) he was betrayed and imprisoned in a castle in Italy. it wrecked his life and health. as Bonaparte envied him he was not given the pension he deserved after he finally returned to France and he died broken ill and penniless in 1806 I

[@PastHorizonsofhistory]

Interesting

[@yefroger3181]

I know every content creator excuses themselves in advance for not pronouncing some foreign names correctly, in order to avoid a deluge of comments, so much that it is becoming an Internet meme.. That's not what I'm getting at here I'm only pointing out in the interest of knowledge how the name of the main character is actually pronounced in French this will just add a little bit of spice. So the name is pronounced Dant’ess, with an S sound that we are very much familiar with in English the reason it is pronounced that way is because of the accent (è) on the E in the original French text. So I don't expect anybody to shine in society with this knowledge but just add a tidbit. Best regards.

[@notcherbane3218]

I never really understood why they would give him such wealth and train him instead of just leaving and taking advantage of it themselves I miss that part I guess