The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is thought by many of its readers to be the greatest novel ever written. This book revisits Dumas' story from the viewpoint of one of the minor characters, who revisits and retells the story many years later after the principal characters are all deceased. But the retelling is more than a plot summary. Although nothing in this history is inconsistent with Dumas' story, the novel brings an entirely new...