<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
author	O
's	O
most	O
popular	O
works	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
The	B-Application
Three	I-Application
Musketeers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
begins	O
on	O
the	O
day	O
that	O
Napoleon	B-Device
left	O
his	O
first	O
island	O
of	O
exile	O
,	O
Elba	O
,	O
beginning	O
the	O
Hundred	O
Days	O
period	O
when	O
Napoleon	B-Device
returned	O
to	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
day	O
in	O
1815	O
when	O
Napoleon	B-Device
escapes	O
the	O
Island	O
of	O
Elba	O
,	O
Edmond	O
Dantès	O
brings	O
the	O
ship	O
Pharaon	O
into	O
dock	O
at	O
Marseille	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
his	O
deathbed	O
,	O
Leclère	O
charged	O
Dantès	O
to	O
deliver	O
a	O
package	O
to	O
General	O
Bertrand	O
(	O
exiled	O
with	O
Napoleon	B-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
letter	O
from	O
Elba	O
to	O
an	O
unknown	O
man	O
in	O
Paris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Faria	O
says	O
"	O
(	O
...	O
)	O
I	O
dreamed	O
of	O
the	O
very	O
plan	O
Napoleon	B-Device
tried	O
to	O
realise	O
in	O
1811	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Napoleon	B-Device
planned	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
kingdom	O
covering	O
the	O
whole	O
Italian	O
peninsula	O
,	O
notwithstanding	O
,	O
of	O
course	O
,	O
opposition	O
from	O
the	O
neighboring	O
kingdoms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Rome	O
,	O
at	O
Carnival	B-Application
time	O
,	O
Dantès	O
arranges	O
for	O
Viscount	O
Albert	O
de	O
Morcerf	O
,	O
the	O
son	O
of	O
Mercédès	O
and	O
Mondego	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
captured	O
by	O
the	O
bandit	O
Luigi	O
Vampa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
Bertuccio	O
's	O
brother	O
married	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
ambushed	O
and	O
killed	O
(	O
possibly	O
by	O
radical	O
royalists	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
Bonapartist	O
)	O
in	O
1815	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
Bonaparte	B-Device
's	O
fall	O
after	O
the	O
Hundred	O
Days	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
Nîmes	O
,	O
where	O
Villefort	O
ruled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometime	O
later	O
(	O
on	O
Villefort	O
's	O
account	O
,	O
November	O
1816	O
)	O
,	O
Villefort	O
goes	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
Auteuil	O
house	O
in	O
search	O
of	O
the	O
corpse	B-Application
,	O
for	O
he	O
was	O
haunted	O
by	O
the	O
feeling	O
that	O
the	O
baby	O
—	O
as	O
he	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
box	O
—	O
may	O
have	O
survived	O
and	O
,	O
if	O
so	O
,	O
then	O
Bertuccio	O
(	O
whom	O
he	O
does	O
n't	O
know	O
anything	O
about	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
a	O
Corsican	O
)	O
had	O
kidnapped	O
the	O
baby	O
after	O
stabbing	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fantasy	O
novelist	O
Steven	O
Brust	O
's	O
Khaavren	O
Romances	O
series	O
have	O
all	O
used	O
Dumas	O
novels	O
(	O
particularly	O
the	B-Application
Three	I-Application
Musketeers	I-Application
series	O
)	O
as	O
their	O
chief	O
inspiration	O
,	O
recasting	O
the	O
plots	O
of	O
those	O
novels	O
to	O
fit	O
within	O
Brust	O
's	O
established	O
world	O
of	O
Dragaera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
novel	O
,	O
Dumas	O
tells	O
of	O
the	O
1815	O
return	O
of	O
Napoleon	B-Device
I	I-Device
,	O
and	O
alludes	O
to	O
contemporary	O
events	O
when	O
the	O
governor	O
at	O
the	O
Château	O
d'If	O
is	O
promoted	O
to	O
a	O
position	O
at	O
the	O
castle	O
of	O
Ham	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1840	O
,	O
the	O
body	O
of	O
Napoleon	B-Device
I	I-Device
was	O
brought	O
to	O
France	O
and	O
became	O
an	O
object	O
of	O
veneration	O
in	O
the	O
church	O
of	O
Les	O
Invalides	O
,	O
renewing	O
popular	O
patriotic	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Bonaparte	B-Device
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
story	O
opens	O
,	O
the	O
character	O
Dantès	O
is	O
not	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
politics	O
,	O
considers	O
himself	O
simply	O
a	O
good	O
French	O
citizen	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
caught	O
between	O
the	O
conflicting	O
loyalties	O
of	O
the	O
royalist	O
Villefort	O
during	O
the	O
Restoration	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
father	O
of	O
Villefort	O
,	O
Noirtier	O
,	O
loyal	O
to	O
Napoleon	B-Device
,	O
a	O
firm	O
bonapartist	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
bonapartist	O
loyalty	O
of	O
his	O
late	O
captain	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
rapid	O
changes	O
of	O
government	O
in	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
appears	O
that	O
Dumas	O
had	O
close	O
contacts	O
with	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Bonaparte	B-Device
family	O
while	O
living	O
in	O
Florence	O
in	O
1841	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
small	O
boat	O
,	O
he	O
sailed	O
around	O
the	O
island	O
of	O
Monte	O
Cristo	O
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
young	O
prince	O
,	O
a	O
cousin	O
to	O
Louis	O
Bonaparte	B-Device
,	O
who	O
was	O
to	O
become	O
Emperor	O
Napoleon	B-Device
III	O
of	O
the	O
French	O
ten	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
1851	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
trip	O
,	O
he	O
promised	O
that	O
cousin	O
of	O
Louis	O
Bonaparte	B-Device
that	O
he	O
would	O
write	O
a	O
novel	O
with	O
the	O
island	O
's	O
name	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1841	O
when	O
Dumas	O
made	O
his	O
promise	O
,	O
Louis	O
Bonaparte	B-Device
himself	O
was	O
imprisoned	O
at	O
the	O
citadel	O
of	O
Ham	O
–	O
the	O
place	O
mentioned	O
in	O
the	O
novel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1795	O
–	O
1797	O
:	O
He	O
becomes	O
famous	O
and	O
fights	O
under	O
Napoleon	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
1832	O
:	O
The	O
only	O
son	O
of	O
Napoleon	B-Device
I	I-Device
dies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1836	O
:	O
First	O
putsch	O
by	O
Louis	O
Napoleon	B-Device
,	O
aged	O
28	O
,	O
fails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1840	O
:	O
A	O
law	O
is	O
passed	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
ashes	O
of	O
Napoleon	B-Device
I	I-Device
to	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1840	O
:	O
Second	O
putsch	O
of	O
Louis	O
Napoleon	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
1846	O
:	O
Louis	O
Napoleon	B-Device
escapes	O
from	O
his	O
prison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Louis	O
Napoleon	B-Device
is	O
elected	O
its	O
first	O
president	O
but	O
Dumas	O
does	O
not	O
vote	O
for	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
