Dumas became known for his ability to make historical events and characters more exciting and dramatic using his own experiences and vivid imagination.
Dumas lived outside France for many years; his journeys became the source for popular travel books, in which he wove anecdotes with facts about the various regions he visited.
Dumas' supporters point out that he was able to write a novel or a play in days without help and that none of his collaborators ever wrote a successful work alone.
They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into each other's lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.