Tom Reiss: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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- Kustantaja: Broadway Books
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- ISBN: 9780307382474
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WINNER OF THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHYGeneral Alex Dumas, is a man almost unknown today, yethis story is strikingly familiar because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life featsas inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. But, hidden behindGeneral Dumas'sswashbuckling adventures was an even more incredible secret: he was the son of a black slave who rose higher in the white world than any man of his race would before our own time. Born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), Alex Dumas made his way to Paris, where herose to command armies at the height of the Revolution until he met an implacable enemy he could not defeat. TIME magazine called The Black Count 'one of those quintessentially human stories of strength and courage that sheds light on the historical moment that made itpossible. ' It is also a heartbreaking story of the enduring bonds of love between a father and son. '