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Edmund Flagg
Edmund Flagg (1815–1890) was an American diplomat, journalist, and author known for his contributions to American literature and international diplomacy. He wrote several works of fiction, history, and travel, including "Venice: The City of the Sea" and "The Far West." Flagg also served as a U.S. consul in various European cities during his career, which influenced much of his writing. In addition to his books, he contributed articles to newspapers and journals, showcasing his wide-ranging interests in politics, culture, and history.
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CHAPTER I. MONTE-CRISTO AND THE PRIMA DONNA. The Count of Monte-Cristo was in Rome. He had hired one of the numerous private palaces, the Palazzo Costi, situated on a broad thoroughfare near the point where the Ponte St. Angelo connects Rome proper with that transtiberine suburb known as the Leonine City or Trastavere. The impecunious Roman nobility were ever ready to let their palaces to titled...
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CHAPTER I. STORM AND SHIPWRECK. The Count of Monte-Cristo, with the beautiful Haydée clinging lovingly about his neck, her head pillowed upon his shoulder, stood on the deck of his superb yacht, the Alcyon, gazing at the fast-vanishing isle where he had left Maximilian Morrel and Valentine de Villefort. It was just daybreak, but by the faint glimmering light he could plainly distinguish the figures of...
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