François “Pierre” Picaud (French: [piko]) was a 19th-century shoemaker in Nîmes, France who may have been the basis for the character of Edmond Dantès in Alexandre Dumas, père’s 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
François “Pierre” Picaud (French: [piko]) was a 19th-century shoemaker in Nîmes, France who may have been the basis for the character of Edmond Dantès in Alexandre Dumas, père’s 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
For the curious: The book is ok. The movie remake (there’s been two or three movies made, I think) from the early 2000’s is fantastic; but the thing is, it’s so different from the book that it’s barely deserving of sharing a name. Like, there’s an arching similarity in story, but that’s about it. The story in the movie is better.