# General Flavien de Quesnel — The Count of Monte Cristo character guide

> General Flavien de Quesnel in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** General Quesnel, General d'Épinay, General de Quesnel

**First appearance:** 0010-xi-the-corsican-ogre

## Who they are

A Bonapartist general killed in a duel by Villefort, father of Franz.

## In the story

### [The Corsican Ogre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xi-the-corsican-ogre)

General Quesnel is mentioned as having been assassinated, possibly by Bonapartists, linking to the conspiracy.

### [Father and Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xii-father-and-son)

General Quesnel is mentioned as having been lured to a Bonapartist club and found dead in the Seine, a key event in the political tension between father and son.

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