The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Tom Reiss,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Crown Publishing Group on 09-18-2012
Tom Reiss,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Crown Publishing Group on 09-18-2012
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780307382467
Publish date: 18-09-2012
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Book Club,
War,
Biography Memoir,
France,
European History,
Historical
My copy: ibsn 9780099575139An interesting account of the French Revolution and General Dumas life. My main complaint is that except for few maps there are no images, photographies or illustrations. I would've loved if the book had a picture of the sculpture of 3 Dumas (Dumas the general, Dumas the n...
bookshelves: e-book, autumn-2012, biography, nonfiction, published-2012, history, napoleonic, slaves, adventure, families Read from November 08 to 30, 2012 BOTWA re-read so soon, I hear you ask. BBC has it as book of the week and it will be lovely to hear it recapped.BBC Blurb - In his new biog...
BOTWA re-read so soon, I hear you ask. BBC has it as book of the week and it will be lovely to hear it recapped.BBC Blurb - In his new biography Tom Reiss reveals that Alexandre Dumas' father led a life of derring-do that is captured in his son's novels, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Muske...
Anyone who wonders where Alexandre Dumas (pere) got the inspiration for such classic tales as "The Three Musketeers" and (most particularly) "The Count of Monte Cristo" need look no further than this book. The concepts were drawn from the real-life exploits of Dumas' father, Thomas-Alexandre Antoin...
"The Count of Monte Cristo" has long been one of my favorite novels, and I'm quite confident that after reading this incredible biography, I'll have an even greater appreciation for the story told within its pages. Little did I know that the inspiration for that classic tale was none other than the...
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