The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo /
Reiss, Tom.
The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo / Tom Reiss. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Pub., c2012. - 414 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-403) and index.
Prologue, part 1 : February 26, 1807 -- Prologue, part 2 : January 25, 2007 -- The sugar factory -- The Black Code -- Norman Conquest -- "No one is a slave in France" -- Americans in Paris -- Black Count in the City of Light -- A queen's dragoon --Summers of revolution -- "Regeneration by blood" -- "The black heart also beats for liberty" -- "Mr. Humanity" -- The battle for the top of the world -- The bottom of the Revolution -- The siege -- The Black Devil -- Leader of the expedition -- "The delirium of his republicanism" -- Dreams on fire -- Prisoner of the Holy Faith Army -- "Citizeness Dumas-- is worried about the fate of her husband" -- the dungeon -- Wait and hope -- The forgotten statue.
Explores the life and career of Thomas Alexandre Dumas, a man almost unknown today, but whose swashbuckling exploits appear in The three musketeers and whose trials and triumphs inspired The count of Monte Cristo.
030738246X (hbk.) 9780307382467 (hbk.)
2012017633
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 --Family.
Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806.
France. Armée --Biography.
Generals--France--Biography.
France--History, Military--1789-1815.
The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo / Tom Reiss. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Pub., c2012. - 414 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-403) and index.
Prologue, part 1 : February 26, 1807 -- Prologue, part 2 : January 25, 2007 -- The sugar factory -- The Black Code -- Norman Conquest -- "No one is a slave in France" -- Americans in Paris -- Black Count in the City of Light -- A queen's dragoon --Summers of revolution -- "Regeneration by blood" -- "The black heart also beats for liberty" -- "Mr. Humanity" -- The battle for the top of the world -- The bottom of the Revolution -- The siege -- The Black Devil -- Leader of the expedition -- "The delirium of his republicanism" -- Dreams on fire -- Prisoner of the Holy Faith Army -- "Citizeness Dumas-- is worried about the fate of her husband" -- the dungeon -- Wait and hope -- The forgotten statue.
Explores the life and career of Thomas Alexandre Dumas, a man almost unknown today, but whose swashbuckling exploits appear in The three musketeers and whose trials and triumphs inspired The count of Monte Cristo.
030738246X (hbk.) 9780307382467 (hbk.)
2012017633
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 --Family.
Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806.
France. Armée --Biography.
Generals--France--Biography.
France--History, Military--1789-1815.