Alexandre Dumas 
Contes à dire dans une diligence 

‘Je n’ai jamais vu d’aspect plus original que celui de cette petite ville, placée entre l’étang de Berre et le canal de Bouc, et bâtie non pas au bord de la mer, mais dans la mer. Martigues est à Venise ce qu’est une charmante paysanne à une grande dame ; mais il n’eût fallu qu’un caprice de roi pour faire de la villageoise une reine…’

About the author

Alexandre Dumas, père (French for ‘father’, akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.