The Last Vendee

Alexandre Dumas sr 1802 1870 was also known as Dumas pere and was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century Dumas is best known for the historical novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo both written within the space of two years 1844 45 and which belong to the foundation works of popular culture He was among the first along with Honore de Balzac and Eugene Sue who fully used the possibilities of roman feuilleton the serial novel Dumas is credited with revitalizing the historical novel in France although his abilities as a writer were under dispute from the beginning Dumas works are fast paced adventure tales that blend history and fiction but on the other hand they are entangled melodramatic and actually not faithful to the historical facts