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In fact, poor Edmond has a few haters.ĭanglers, a junior officer on Edmond’s ship, is pretty salty (no pun intended) that the younger seaman is getting the promotion to Captain when he is the older, experienced sailor. With his new position, Edmond would have the means and social standing to give his bride-to-be a wonderful life. The death of his ship’s captain has given him a chance for promotion.

Young and naïve sailor Edmond Dantès returns from his latest voyage with plans to provide for his father, and marry his love Mercedes. Instead, I was intrigued with an expanded account of Edmond Dantès’ adventures. Thinking it was humor, I purchased all the books in the series prepared to laugh my butt off. So, I was thrilled to see this new series based on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is one of my favorite reads.

While The Sultan of Monte Cristo has been enjoyed by thousands as a stand-alone work, this work is an even easier read of the original classic, as it has a condensed version of the original story, uniquely retold in the voice of Sherlock Holmes. Those who have already had the pleasure of reading The Sultan of Monte Cristo will certainly appreciate the unique way in which the Holy Ghost Writer has expanded the original story without the help of anyone (except perhaps from the ghost of Dumas himself). The most recent (2003) unabridged translation by Buss is indispensable to fully appreciate the original story. The author of The Count of Monte Cristo as Retold by Sherlock Holmes enjoyed the 2003 translation by Robin Buss of The Count of Monte Cristo, which helped to inspire both this work and the first sequel in this series, The Sultan of Monte Cristo. Books II and III, soon to follow, are wholly original sequels although they include characters from the original classic. The author consulted the original French as well as the oldest English translations of The Count of Monte Cristo, but the style of the retellling, in the distinctive voice of Sherlock Holmes, constitutes a new work.

It includes exhilarating new adventures, characters, and ideas, carrying the reader through book I leading to book II and with book III promising an ever-expanding new series based on the classic. The Count of Monte Cristo as Retold by Sherlock Holmes begins with a condensed retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, related through the voice of Sherlock Holmes.