ALEXANDRE DUMAS, HEROES AND WOMEN

Exceptional destinies

An episode from the series SECRETS OF HISTORY - PORTRAITS

Synopsis

Author of *The Three Musketeers* and *The Count of Monte Cristo*, Alexandre Dumas has inspired generations of readers. Yet his own life was every bit as eventful and romantic as that of his heroes.

A traveler, playwright, seducer, and politically engaged citizen, he experienced fame, excess, and dramatic reversals of fortune.