The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- ISBN-10
- 0307382478
- ISBN-13
- 9780307382474
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 414
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Tom Reiss
Description
The author of the best-selling The Orientalist traces the story of the mixed-race swordsman and father of novelist Alexandre Dumas, discussing his rise to the French aristocracy, his military triumphs and the adventures that inspired such classics as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
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