A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas& classic novel of wrongful imprisonment adventure & revenge Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Chateau d& If There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo & becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure & use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration A huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s Dumas was inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment when writing his epic tale of suffering & retribution