The Count of Monte Cristo (Real Name Edmond Dantes) is the protagonist of the Alexandre Dumas novel of the same name, as well as it's movie adaptations. He is a man who is falsely accused of treason and conspiring with the then-exiled Napoleon Bonparte and for that imprisoned. Managing to escape after a thirteen-year imprisonment, he then comes into possession of a vast fortune. Rebuilding himself as the sophisticated and ruthless Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond seeks vengeance on those who wronged him.