The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780307952950 (0307952959)
Publish date: September 18th 2012
Publisher: Crown
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
This biography of Alexandre Dumas’s father delivers everything promised in the title and more. Come for the fascinating life of a former slave turned aristocrat turned French Revolution war hero, stay for the equally fascinating (and horrific and depressing) overview of how France sort of managed to...
So the cover picture is quite dashing and despite the fact that I listened to it in audiobook format, Scribd displayed the picture quite prominently on my screen... which resulted in an amusing moment where another person caught a glimpse of it before I could hide the window and I am sure they thoug...
The name Alexandre Dumas is well known, but before the author and his playwright son was the General. Tom Reiss brings the little known founder of the Dumas family into the spotlight in The Black Count, a born slave of noble blood turned Republican general in the service of France. This giant of a...
Besides having an exceedingly long title, I think the time was wrong for me to read this book. Wrapped up in other ideas and too much nonfiction reading on my plate, I had a difficult time getting into this book despite the fact that it is actually quite well written. From the slave-run plantation...
La historia es escrita por los vencedores, de eso no queda duda alguna. Sin negar que los hechos son un tema mucho más complejo que debe condensarse para la posterioridad, hay miles de ejemplos que muestran omisiones, cambios y borrones que dan una idea distinta de lo que ocurrió en realidad. Este...
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