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The Black Count, glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo, Tom Reiss

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The Black Count, glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo, Tom Reiss

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-403) and index

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individual biography

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maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Black Count

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

811247663

Responsibility statement

Tom Reiss

Sub title

glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo

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

Table Of Contents

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

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