A character in The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre; Maquet, Auguste
The ambitious deputy crown prosecutor of Marseilles who imprisons Dantès to protect his own career, and whose Parisian family the Count later destroys.
Also known as: procureur du roi, the King's Attorney, the deputy procureur
Inside the story
Gérard de Villefort is the ambitious deputy crown prosecutor in Marseilles, known as the King's Attorney. At the story's outset, he examines the case against Edmond Dantès and imprisons him to protect his own career, placing public duty and political advancement above justice.
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