The Dumas Society

he « Société des Amis d'Alexandre Dumas » was founded in 1971 by Alain Decaux in order to save the Castle of Monte-Cristo, which was then threatened of being demolished, and where the Society is now based. With hundreds of members, the Society, presided over by Didier Decoin since 1997, has several purposes :

To bring together Alexandre Dumas's friends, from France and from abroad.
To maintain the Castle of Monte-Cristo cultural activities by organizing exhibitions, colloquiums, etc...
To make Dumas's works known by publishing every year a Cahier Alexandre Dumas, as well as the information paper Le Mousquetaire.
To assemble collections of books manuscripts, autographs and varied things about Dumas's life and works.

The Castle of Monte Cristo
A tour in Dumas very own mansion near Paris.

The Cahiers Alexandre Dumas
More about the annual volume of studies published by the Society.

The Society's collections
Details on our important collections.