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.

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

Alfonso Jordan () ( 1103 – 1148 ) was the Count of Tripoli from 1105 until 1109 and thereafter Count of Toulouse ( as Alfonso I ) until his death.

D. Vasco da Gama () ( c. 1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524 ), 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.

Amadeus VI ( January 4, 1334, Chambéry – March 1, 1383 ), nicknamed the Green Count () was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383.

Geoffrey V ( 24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151 ), called the Handsome () and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144.

On 30 April 2008, shortly before the wedding of his younger son, Prince Joachim, to Miss Marie Cavallier, the title " Count of Monpezat " () was conferred by the Queen on both of her sons, and made hereditary for their male-line descendants, both male and female.

The counties were established in 1634 on Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the historical provinces of Sweden () to introduce a modern administration.

The Battle of Mingolsheim () was fought on April 27, 1622, near the German village of Wiesloch, 14 miles south of Heidelberg ( and 5 miles south of Wiesloch ), between a Protestant army under General von Mansfeld and the margrave of Baden against a Roman Catholic army under Count Tilly.

Count of Paris () was a title for the local magnate of the district around Paris in Carolingian times.

Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman () ( June 9, 1686 – May 31, 1747 ) was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia ( Peter the Great ) and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth.

Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky () ( – ) was probably the greatest of Russian reformers during the reign of Alexander I of Russia.

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly () ( February 1559 – 30 April 1632 ), commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years ' War.

Count Alexey Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin () ( 1 June 1693 – 21 April 1768 ), Grand Chancellor of Russia, was one of the most influential and successful European diplomats of the 18th century.

Count Sergei Vasilievich Saltykov () ( c. 1726 – 1765 ) was a Russian officer ( chamberlain ) who became the first lover of Empress Catherine the Great after her arrival to Russia.

Theobald III () ( 13 May 1179 – 24 May 1201 ) was Count of Champagne from 1197 to his death.

Count Hans Karl Friedrich Anton von Diebitsch und Narden or Graf Ivan Ivanovich Diebitsch-Zabalkansky () ( 13 May 1785, Groß Leipe near Obernigk, Lower Silesia – 10 June 1831, near Pułtusk ) was a German-born soldier serving as Russian Field Marshal.

The title Count of Wisborg () is a noble title that has been granted by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to some former princes of Sweden and their descendants.

Salomon () ( died 874 ) was Count of Rennes and Nantes from 852 and Duke of Brittany from 857 until his death by assassination.

Wrhwant, Gurwant, Gurwent or Gurvand () ( died 876 ) was a claimant to the Duchy of Brittany from 874 until his death in opposition to Pascweten, Count of Vannes.

Baji Prabhu Deshpande () was a Minister / Count ( also known as Sardar ) of Chattrapati Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire.

Albert I () ( c. 1175 – 7 October 1260 ) was a Duke of Saxony, Angria, and Westphalia ; Lord of Nordalbingia ; Count of Anhalt ; and Prince-elector and Archmarshal of the Holy Roman Empire.

Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust () ( 13 January 1809 – 24 October 1886 ) was a German and Austrian statesman.

Count Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy () ( March 13, 1823 – May 7, 1889 ) was a Russian statesman, a member of the State Council of Imperial Russia ( 1866 ).