TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reiss,Tom
TI  - The Black Count: glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo 
SN  - 030738246X (hbk.)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Pub.
KW  - Dumas, Alexandre,
KW  - Dumas, Thomas Alexandre,
KW  - France
KW  - Armée
KW  - Biography
KW  - Generals
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 1789-1815
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -