About the Book: The Originals: The Count of Monte Cristo
On his wedding day, Edmond Dantès, a sailor, is arrested for treason. Charged
with being a Bonapartiste, he is wrongfully imprisoned without trial in the
dreaded Château dIf. Dantès has been betrayed, concludes his fellow prisoner and
mentor, Abbé Faria. After a dramatic escape from prison, Dantès acquires a
fortune at the Island of Monte Cristo, and returns to France as the mysterious
and sought-after Count of Monte Cristo. With steely resolve, he sets about
wreaking vengeance on those who conspired his ruination. And with devastating
consequences. Set in France, Italy, and the islands in the Mediterranean