What type of details about alexandre dumas can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: alexandre dumas -lrb- , born dumas davy de la pailleterie ; 24 july 1802 -- 5 december 1870 -rrb- , also known as alexandre dumas , '' pere '' , was a french writer . his works have been translated into nearly 100 languages , and he is one of the most widely read french authors . many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials , including '' the count of monte cristo '' , '' the three musketeers '' , '' twenty years after '' , and '' '' . his novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films . dumas ' last novel , '' the knight of sainte-hermine , '' unfinished at his death , was completed by a scholar and published in 2005 , becoming a bestseller . it was published in english in 2008 as '' the last cavalier . '' prolific in several genres , dumas began his career by writing plays , which were successfully produced from the first . he also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books ; his published works totaled 100,000 pages . in the 1840s , dumas founded the theatre historique in paris . dumas ' father -lrb- general thomas-alexandre davy de la pailleterie -rrb- was born in saint-domingue -lrb- present-day haiti -rrb- to a french nobleman and an enslaved african woman . at age 14 , thomas-alexandre was taken by his father to france , where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what he made as an illustrious career . his father 's aristocratic rank helped young alexandre acquire work with louis-philippe , duke of orleans . he later began working as a writer , finding early success . decades later , in the election of louis-napoleon bonaparte in 1851 , dumas fell from favor , and left france for belgium , where he stayed for several years . upon leaving belgium , dumas moved to russia for a few years , before going to italy . in 1861 he founded and published the newspaper , '' l' indipendente '' , which supported the italian unification effort . in 1864 he returned to paris . though married , in the tradition...
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