Campaigners say that Chateau de Monte Cristo, the beloved home author Alexandre Dumas named after one his most famous creations, is in urgent need of funds to save it from ruin. Chateau de Monte ...

It was the over-the-top retreat of one of France’s most over-the-top writers. But the Three Musketeers scribe bit off more than he could chew. Now it’s one of Paris’ hidden gems. Former Travel Editor ...

A dim light fills the stage as a man clothed in rags cowers from a guard in his dark, dank cell in the Chateau d’If. Consumed with rage, he shouts of the injustices dealt to him, thus foreshadowing ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. From the moment he was born, the French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas père (1802-70) made an impression.

The famous Château de Monte-Cristo, once home to famed novelist Alexandre Dumas, author of the Three Musketeers, has fallen into a state of disrepair. Almost €1 million is needed to save the historic ...

Dashed off as a popular novel by the prolific French romanticist Alexandre Dumas in 1844, “The Count of Monte Cristo” soon became a favorite of the turn-of-the-century stage, condemning its chief ...

A million dollars is needed to restore the Château de Monte-Cristo that was once home to famed novelist Alexandre Dumas, author of classics including The Three Musketeers. The castle in northern ...

Better Tagline: “Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, Frenchmen get the yeet.” Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: The year is 1815. Napoleon is in exile and a sailor named Edmond Dantès (Pierre Niney) ...

If you don’t include (and there is no reason you should) 1948’s “The Countess of Monte Cristo,” starring celebrated skater Sonja Henie, at least five filmed versions of Alexandre Dumas’ “The Count of ...

Reviewed by Justin Colburn & Keayn Dunya '"The Count of Monte Cristo" is Alexandre Dumas classic story of an innocent man wrongly but deliberately imprisoned and his strategy for revenge against those ...