https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Picaud Pierre Picaud From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Pierre Picaud (French: [piko]) was a 19th-century shoemaker in Nimes, France who may have been the basis for the character of Edmond Dantes in Alexandre Dumas, pere's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo. In 1807, Picaud was engaged to marry a rich woman, but three jealous friends -- Loupian, Solari, and Chaubart -- falsely accused him of being a spy for England (a fourth friend, Allut, knew of their conspiracy, but did not report it).^[1] He was imprisoned in the Fenestrelle fortress for seven years, not even learning why until his second year there.^[2] During his imprisonment he ground a small passageway into a neighboring cell and befriended a wealthy Italian priest named Father Torri who was also held in the fortress.^[3] A year later, a dying Torri bequeathed to Picaud a treasure he had hidden in Milan.^[4] When Picaud was released after the fall of the French Imperial government in 1814, he took possession of the treasure, returned under another name to Paris and spent 10 years plotting revenge against his former friends. Picaud first murdered Chaubart or had him murdered.^[5] Picaud's former fiancee had, two years after his disappearance, married his former friend Loupian, who became the subject of his most brutal revenge. Picaud tricked Loupian's daughter into marrying a criminal, whom he then had arrested. Loupian's daughter promptly died of shock. Picaud then burned down Loupian's restaurant, or arranged to have it burned down, leaving Loupian impoverished.^[6] Next, he fatally poisoned Solari and either manipulated Loupian's son into stealing some gold jewelry or framed him for committing the crime.^[7] The boy was sent to jail, and Picaud stabbed Loupian to death. He was himself then abducted by a vengeful Allut, who seriously injured Picaud while holding him captive. Picaud was eventually found by the French police, who recorded his confession before dying of his injuries. ^ [8] Allut's deathbed confession forms the bulk of the French police records of the case. The detailed description of Picaud's experiences in prison, which could not have been known to Allut, were supposedly dictated to him by the ghost of Father Torri.^[9] Notes[edit] 1. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe, p. 19 2. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe, p. 20-21 3. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe, p. 22 4. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe, p. 23 5. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe, p. 27 6. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe, p. 28 7. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe p. 29 8. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe p. 32 9. ^ H. Ashton-Wolfe p. 33 References[edit] * H. Ashton-Wolfe,True Stories of Immortal Crimes (1931) E. P. Dutton & Co. Further reading[edit] * Jacques Peuchet, published in 1838 after the death of the author: Le Diamant et la Vengeance in Memoires tires des Archives de la Police de Paris, vol. 5, chapter LXXIV, p. 197 * v * t * e The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas * Edmond Dantes Characters * Abbe Faria * The Count of Monte Cristo (1912) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) * Monte Cristo (1922) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1929) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) * The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) * El Conde de Monte Cristo (1942) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) * The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) * The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) * Mask of the Avenger (1951) * The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1953) Films * The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) * Karkottai (1954) * Vanji-Kottai Valipan (1958) * Raj Tilak (1958) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) * The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) * The Return of Monte Cristo (1968) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) * Bhuierantlo Munis (1977) * Padayottam (1982) * Veta (1986) * The Prisoner of Chateau d'If (1988) * The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1956) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) * The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries) * Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Television * Montecristo * Ezel * Revenge * Yago * The Stars My Destination * The Stars' Tennis Balls Literature * A Prisoner of Birth * The Baron of Magister Valley * The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography) Other * The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical) * The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical) * Christ 0 (album) * Auguste Maquet (collaborator) * Pierre Picaud Related * L'Autre Dumas (2010 film) * "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" * The Monte Cristo of Prague (1929 film) * Gankutsuou characters * Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Pierre_Picaud&oldid=1033474140" Categories: * Impostors * 19th-century French people * People from Nimes Navigation menu Personal tools * Not logged in * Talk * Contributions * Create account * Log in Namespaces * Article * Talk [ ] Variants Views * Read * Edit * View history [ ] More Search [ ] [Search] [Go] Navigation * Main page * Contents * Current events * Random article * About Wikipedia * Contact us * Donate Contribute * Help * Learn to edit * Community portal * Recent changes * Upload file Tools * What links here * Related changes * Upload file * Special pages * Permanent link * Page information * Cite this page * Wikidata item Print/export * Download as PDF * Printable version Languages * Francais * Italiano * Ri Ben Yu * Romana * Russkii Edit links * This page was last edited on 13 July 2021, at 22:16 (UTC). * Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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