About Dumas:
    Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24,1802 – December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numeroushistorical novels of high adventure which have made him one of themost widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, includingThe Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Manin the Iron Mask were serialized, and he also wrote plays and magazinearticles and was a prolific correspondent. Source: Wikipedia