Still on The Count of Monte Cristo.
Concurrently reading:
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon K. Penman. Revisionist historical novel on Richard III.
Grunts! by Mary Gentle. Fantasy humour: the fight between good and evil as seen through the eyes of an orcish warband who discover a cache of modern weapons
Katherine Swynford: The History of a Medieval Mistress by Jeanette Lucraft. About John of Gaunt's mistress, whose blood runs through the veins of the British royal family to this day.