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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The Black Count Glory Revolution Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Author: Tom Reiss
This is the biography of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the mixed-race son of a Norman marquis and an Haitian slave, who became a swashbuckling swordsman in Paris and then a military hero of the French Revolutionary Wars, remaining the highest-ranking black military figure in a Western army until Gen. Colin Powell 200 years later. His rivalry w...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307382467
ISBN-10: 030738246X
Publication Date: 9/11/2012
Pages: 414
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Publisher: Crown
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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