Mead Schaeffer

A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible...

The story is closely based on the authors four-month sojourn with a group of South Sea Islanders, the Typees, after he and a companion deserted their whaling ship. -- Publisher's description.