Home›More›Articles›The Diamond and the Vengeance: The Real Case Behind Monte Cristo's RevengeArticleThe Diamond and the Vengeance: The Real Case Behind Monte Cristo's RevengeConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnThe Count of Monte Cristo, Works Well-attested SourcesThe Count of Monte Cristo (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationBackground to elements of the plot sectionQuote, Background to elements of the plot sectionDumas wrote that the germ of the idea of revenge as one of the novel's themes sprang from an anecdote (Le Diamant et la Vengeance) written by Jacques Peuchet, an archivist of the Paris police, and published in the multi-volume Memoires tires des Archives de la Police de Paris (Memoirs from the Archives of the Paris Police) in France in 1838.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.