On his desk was a slowly accumulating treatment and script of The Count Of Monte Cristo.

He also secured the alliance of Henry, Count of Monte Sant ' Angelo, who controlled the Gargano Peninsula and dated his charters by Alexios ' reign.

* The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, père mentions many conspiracy theories based on Borgia.

* In the Tales of Old Dartmoor episode ( recorded in 1956 ) of The Goons radio comedy series, Grytpype-Thynne arranges for the prison to put to sea to visit the Château d ' If in France as part of a plan to find the treasure of the Count of Monte Cristo hid there.

35 million euros between 1997 and 2011 ), despite stiff competition from other film locations in Eastern Europe and North Africa, with the Malta Film Commission providing support services to foreign film companies for the production of feature cinema ( Gladiator, Troy, Munich and Count of Monte Cristo ' World War Z, amongst others, were shot in Malta over the last few years ), commercials and television series.

The first Monte de Piedad organization in Spain was founded in Madrid, and from there the idea was transferred to New Spain by Pedro Romero de Terreros, the Count of Santa Maria de Regla and Knight of Calatrava.

* The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, père starts during the tail-end of the Napoleonic Wars.

Prior to Doctor Who he appeared in numerous TV shows including, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Ivanhoe, Dial 999, Danger Man, Maigret, Compact, The Third Man, Crane, Detective, Sherlock Holmes, No Hiding Place, The Saint, Armchair Theatre, The Wednesday Play, Z-Cars, Adam Adamant Lives!

Louis XVIII appears briefly in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas.

Ophir is also referenced in Alexander Dumas's book The Count of Monte Cristo.

Further out in the Bay of Marseille is the Frioul archipelago which comprises four islands, one of which, If, is the location of Château d ' If, made famous by the Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

La Reine Margot ( Eng Queen Margot ) is a novel written in 1845 by Alexandre Dumas, père, whose previous works include The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

There is a chapter entitled " Pyramus and Thisbe " in Alexandre Dumas ' The Count of Monte Cristo, alluding to the secret romance between Maximillian Morrel and Valentine de Villefort.

The Count of Monte Cristo () is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas ( père ).

According to Luc Sante, " The Count of Monte Cristo has become a fixture of Western civilization's literature, as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Mickey Mouse, Noah's flood, and the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

He buys a yacht, hides the rest of the treasure on board and buys both the island of Monte Cristo and the title of Count from the Tuscan government.

Disguised as the rich Count of Monte Cristo, Dantès takes revenge on the three men responsible for his unjust imprisonment: Fernand, now Count de Morcerf and Mercédès ' husband ; Danglars, now a baron and a wealthy banker ; and Villefort, now procureur du roi — all are now living in Paris.

Character relationships in The Count of Monte Cristo ( click to enlarge )

After his transformation into the Count of Monte Cristo, he reveals his true name to his enemies as each revenge is completed.

* Monsieur Zaccone: Dantès, in the guise of the Abbé Busoni, and again as Lord Wilmore, tells an investigator that this is the Count of Monte Cristo's true name.

* Giovanni Bertuccio: The Count of Monte Cristo's steward and very loyal servant ; foster father of Benedetto.

* Albert de Morcerf: Son of Mercédès and the Count de Morcerf, friend of Monte Cristo.

The Count of Monte Cristo was originally published in the Journal des Débats in eighteen parts.

Alexandre Dumas wrote a set of three plays that collectively told the story of The Count of Monte Cristo: Monte Cristo ( 1848 ), Le Comte de Morcerf ( 1851 ), and Villefort ( 1851 ).

Classics Illustrated, The Count of Monte Cristo, Issue # 3, published 1942.

* 1934: Count of Monte Cristo, directed by Rowland V. Lee

* 1956: The Count of Monte Cristo, TV series based on further adventures of Edmond Dantes after the end of the novel

19th century painting on display at Versailles, Yvelines | Versailles depicting Adhemar of Le Puy ( in red to left of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse ).

From the 12th to the 15th century, Bordeaux regained importance following the marriage of Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine with the French-speaking Count Henri Plantagenet, born in Le Mans, who became, within months of their wedding, King Henry II of England.

For example, in Il Barbiere there is an aria for the Count ( often omitted ) " Cessa di più resistere ", which Rossini used ( with minor changes ) in the cantata Le Nozze di Teti e di Peleo and in La Cenerentola ( the cabaletta for Angelina's rondo is almost unchanged ).

Voight was raised as a Catholic, and attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York, where he first took an interest in acting, playing the comedic role of Count Pepi Le Loup in the school's annual musical, The Song of Norway.

* 1095 – On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

This plan was later abandoned, but William continued to pursue a ferociously warlike defence of his French possessions and interests to the end of his life, exemplified by his response to the attempt by Elias de la Flèche, Count of Maine, to take Le Mans in 1099.

* November 28 – On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

* Joscelin I succeeds Baldwin of Le Bourg as Count of Edessa.

* Hugh II of Le Puiset, Count of Jaffa, revolts against King Fulk of Jerusalem.

* Hugh II of Le Puiset, crusader knight and Count of Jaffa ( b. 1100 )

He was captured by Count Guy I of Ponthieu, and was then taken as a hostage to the count's castle at Beaurain, 24. 5 km up the River Canche from its mouth at what is now Le Touquet.

The estrangement between husband and wife was a convenient political tool that Fulk used in 1134 when he accused Hugh II of Le Puiset, Count of Jaffa, of having an affair with Melisende.

In 1894 Count Rudolph Festetics de Tolna, his wife Eila ( née Haggin ) and her daughter Blanche Haggin visited Funafuti aboard the yacht Le Tolna.

Le Tolna spent several days at Funafuti with the Count photographing men and woman on Funafuti.

Amadeus V ( between 1249 and 1253, Le Bourget-du-Lac – 16 October 1323, Avignon ), surnamed the Great for his wisdom and success as a ruler, was the Count of Savoy from 1285 to 1323.

Amadeus was born at Le Bourget-du-Lac, and succeeded his childless paternal uncle Philip I, Count of Savoy as Count of Savoy in 1285.

* Marguerite of Burgundy ( October 1374 – March 8, 1441, Le Quesnoy ), Countess of Mortain married William VI, Count of Holland and Duke of Bavaria-Straubing

René of Anjou ( Rei Rainièr in Occitan ) ( 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480 ), also known as René I of Naples and Good King René ( French Le bon roi René ), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence ( 1434 – 1480 ), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar ( 1430 – 1480 ), Duke of Lorraine ( 1431 – 1453 ), King of Naples ( 1435 – 1442 ; titular 1442 – 1480 ), titular King of Jerusalem ( 1438 – 1480 ) and Aragon ( 1466 – 1480 ) ( including Sicily, Majorca, Corsica ).

The offer was rejected, but further negotiations assured the lapse to the crown of the duchy of Anjou, and the annexation of Provence was only postponed until the death of the Count of Le Maine.

Urban's speech had been well-planned ; he had discussed the crusade with Adhemar of Le Puy and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, and instantly the expedition had the support of two of southern France's most important leaders.

He was the son of Count André de Laborde de Monpezat ( Mont-de-Marsan, 6 May 1907 – Le Cayrou, 23 February 1998 ) and his wife, Renée Doursenot ( Périgueux, 26 October 1908 – Le Cayrou 11 February 2001 ), ( married religiously Cahors, 6 January 1934 and civilly Cahors 22 January 1948 ), who was previously married firstly civilly in Paris on 29 September 1928 and divorced at the Tribunal Civil Français de Saigon on 21 September 1940 Louis Leuret ( Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, 18 March 1881 – Saigon, South Vietnam, 29 December 1962 ).