The real-life protagonist of The Black Count, General Alex Dumas, is a man almost unknown today yet with a story that is strikingly familiar, because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used it to create some of the best loved heroes of literature.
Yet, hidden behind these swashbuckling adventures was an even more incredible secret: the real hero 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 was briefly sold into bondage but made his way to Paris where he was schooled as a sword-fighting member of the French aristocracy. Enlisting as a private, he rose to command armies at the height of the Revolution, in an audacious campaign across Europe and the Middle East – until he met an implacable enemy he could not defeat.
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Born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), Alex Dumas was briefly sold into bondage but made his way to Paris where he was schooled as a sword-fighting member of the French aristocracy. Enlisting as a private, he rose to command armies at the height of the Revolution, in an audacious campaign across Europe and the Middle East – until he met an implacable enemy he could not defeat.
"The Black Count" is an admirable biography; the military life of Dumas revolves around the French Revolution 1789-1799 of which Reiss covers in a concise although brief manner. The book is well researched and the determination by the author to seek out all letters, diaries, and official military records is evident in his Prologue and the bibliography. I highly recommend this book.
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo Info
- Hardcover: 432 pages ( Download PDF :
) - Author: Tom Reiss
- ISBN-13: 978-0307382467
- Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.3 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-10: 030738246X
- Publisher: Crown; First Edition edition (September 18, 2012)
- Language: English
About the Author
TOM REISS is the author of the celebrated international bestseller The Orientalist. His biographical pieces have appeared The New Yorker, The New York Times and other publications. He makes his home in New York City.
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