Alexandre Dumas
... His birth certificate names him as Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie. Alexandre grew up in Villers-Cotterets. Early in his life Alexandre learned of wartime triumphs and hardships that his father had experienced. ... This then resulted in his fathers death only four years after Alexandre’s birth in 1806. ... Throughout his childhood Alexandre led a very isolated life which his mother had caused. ... Alexandre didn’t attend college. ... Dumas interests soon brought him to the theater. Dumas then decided to travel to Paris for work where he decided to live their permanently when he was twenty. ... During 1830 Dumas fought with Lafayette when the revolution threatened France. ... During 1832 he went on a tour of Switzerland to appease King Louis Philippe who wasn’t happy with Alexandre at the time. King Louis Philippe felt that Dumas was stealing Victor Hugo’s work, so Dumas was cast out. ... In 1851 Dumas escaped his creditors and his country house, The Chateau de Monte Cristo when he had some financial problems. Dumas spent two years in exile in Brussels during 1855 through 1857, and then returned to Paris. ... Called as "The King of Paris", Dumas earned fortunes and spent them right away on friends, art, and mistresses. His son Alexandre Dumas fils, became a writer, dramatist, and moralist, who never accepted his fathers lifestyle. ... During that time Alexandre became involved with actress Ida Ferrier whom he spend a wonderful 8 years together before they married in 1840. ... Dumas is best known for his novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both written within the space of two years during 1844-1845. It was not until the 1840’s that Dumas achieved fame and fortune as a novelist. ... Dumas was very dishonest and had several unlawful children one of which was Alexandre Dumas Fils a future playwright. ... Dumas is credited with revitalizing the historical novels in France, even though his abilities as a writer were under difference of opinion from the beginning.