Island of Montecristo. Italy. 10/2002 The Island of Montecristo made famous by Alexandre Dumas's novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" is completely unspoiled and uninhabited .Only the guard lives in this wonderful small island between Tuscany and Corsica; where Dumas's hero Edmond Dant鑣 "Count of Monte Cristo" found out his fabulous treasure. ---1850 illustrated edition of "The Count of Montec Cristo". Left: Edmond Dant鑣 and the abbot Faria in jail . Right: the island of Montecristo---?PHOTO by Eric Vandeville/akg-images