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.

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    13 hours ago

    The first “classic” writer that I enjoyed was Jukes Verne because his translations were very easy to read.