The Count of Monte Cristo - Tapa blanda

A leader of men, a captain at nineteen, AND a hopeless romantic. Edmond Dantes - illiterate young sailor of Marseilles - is drawn into conspiring with the exiled Napoleon and imprisoned for ten years. Incarcerated in a desolate gaol with no one but a mad monk for company, Dantes begins an unconventional education. As his enemies become more powerful, all hope of justice and of a reunion with his sweetheart appear to be gone. Still, Dantes clings to hope. Eventually, his chance comes, he escapes his prison, adopts a disguise and the Count of Monte Cristo is born. In this new adaptation by award winning playwright Richard Bean, Alexandre Dumas' classic tale comes to the National Theatre in a theatrical adventure for family audiences.

Alexandre Dumas was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of adventure. Many of his novels, including "The Count of Monte Cristo," was originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.