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The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo / Tom Reiss ; [maps by David Lindroth Inc.].

ISBN: 9780307382467 (hardcover)
ISBN: 030738246X (hardcover)
Physical Description: ix, 414 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Crown Trade, 2012.

Reiss, Tom. (Author). David Lindroth Inc. (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-403) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue, part 1 : February 26, 1806 -- 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.