Féval was a contemporary of Dumas who wrote swashbuckling stories about Lagardère, le Bossu.
He was one of the three great authors of "romans de cape et d'épée" being Dumas, Michel Zévaco, and Paul Féval.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia "he may be considered as the best imitator of the elder Dumas."
His son, Paul Féval fils was also a writer.
