1870-12-05 ) (aged 68) Puys (near Dieppe, Seine-Maritime ), France Occupation playwright and novelist Nationality French Period 1829–1870 Literary movement Romanticism and Historical fiction Notable work(s) The Count of Monte Cristo , The Three Musketeers Influences [show] Hector Berlioz Influenced [show] Stephen King , Steven Brust , Robert E. Howard , Narcís Oller , Juan Gómez-Jurado