The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo

ISBN-13: 9780099575139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 432 str.

Tom Reiss

Opis

Shows us that the inspiration for the swashbuckling stories was, in fact, Alex Dumas' own father, Alex - the son of a marquis and a black slave... He achieved a giddy ascent from private in the Dragoons to the rank of general; an outsider who had grown up among slaves, he was all for Liberty and Equality.

Recenzje

Richly detailed, highly researched and completely absorbing... A triumph Amanda Foreman

O autorze

Born in 1964, Tom Reiss is an American author and journalist who lives in New York. He is the author of The Orientalist, an acclaimed biography of Lev Nussimbaum (aka Kurban Said) which was shortlisted for the 2006 Samuel Johnson Prize. The Black Count is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2013.