The Count of Monte Cristo · Character
M. de Blacas
A royalist minister and advisor to King Louis XVIII.
minor
Also known as Blacas, the Duc de Blacas
First appearance: The King's Closet at the Tuileries
M. de Blacas shows up with force in The King's Closet at the Tuileries. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Blacas persistently warns the king of a storm brewing in the south and urges him to interrogate Villefort.
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In The King's Closet at the Tuileries: Blacas persistently warns the king of a storm brewing in the south and urges him to interrogate Villefort. Later, in The Corsican Ogre: Blacas defends the police minister and…
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