<p>The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.<br><br>The story takes place in France, Italy and islands in the Mediterranean during the historical events of 1815?1838. It begins from just before the Hundred Da...