Timeless tales that still inspire today, the 10 unforgettable Alexandre Dumas novels bring not only adventure but intrigue ...

His son, Alexandre Dumas, fils, was also a prolific author and playwright (The Lady of the Camelias) and a member of the French Academy, an honor never granted to the elder Dumas.

Many of the best period dramas are based on classic novels and The Count of Monte Cristo is no different. The eight-part ...

Alexandre Dumas’s action-packed adventure novel is definitely a classic, but the inspiration behind it isn’t very well-known.

Greg Jenner is joined in nineteenth-century France by historian Professor Olivette Otele and comedian Celya AB to learn about acclaimed novelist Alexandre Dumas. Alexandre was born to an innkeeper’s ...

Gerard Depardieu sparks race row after he 'blacks up' to play author Alexandre Dumas By PETER ALLEN FOR MAILONLINE Updated: 19:22 EDT, 21 February 2010 ...

Then add in his many mistresses and offspring (he only recognized two, most famously his son Alexandre Dumas fils, who wrote the play adapted into La Traviata), and the collection of animals ...

Shakespeare wins, but in second place, with more than 200 adaptations to his name, is the less predictable figure of Alexandre Dumas. 'After God,' he once said, 'Shakespeare has created most ...

Google is paying homage to French author Alexandre Dumas with a new Doodle. Image courtesy of Google Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Google is celebrating renowned French author Alexandre Dumas with a new Doodle.

Any great storyteller, from Dumas to Dan Brown, would be happy with the way this one opens. Foraging in the stacks of the old Bibliothèque nationale de France in Rue de Richelieu during the 1980s ...

Alexandre Dumas played by a white actor? That's the controversial role the ubiquitous French actor Gerard Depardieu has taken on in a new film called The Other Dumas. Dumas, author of such famous ...