The Black Count by Tom Reiss

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• sillyfluke · 2026-03-26 in Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church

  A reminder that The Count of Monte Cristo is inspired by the mixed race father of the author, General Alexander Dumas, who also had a somewhat fascinating life riding currents of fate during the French revolution. The Black Count https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13330922-the-black-count

• WillAdams · 2025-12-10 in Are the Three Musketeers allergic to muskets? (2014)

  For more on this, see the (sadly, hastily researched to some degree) biography of his father, _The Black Count_: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13330922-the-black-count which arguably served as a template for a famous novel which also features a count in the title.