Victorian
Alexandre Dumas
1802–1870
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was born at Villers-Cotterêts, the son of a general of the Revolutionary armies who had himself been born in Saint-Domingue to a French nobleman and an enslaved woman. Dumas made his name in the Paris theatre with Henri III et sa cour (1829), then turned to the serial novel, working with collaborators — chiefly Auguste Maquet — on The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both begun in 1844. His remains were moved to the Panthéon in 2002.
Sources: Bibliomancer editorial note, written from standard reference facts (dates, places, principal works).
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