02148cam a2200385 a 4500 115949 20230410103731.0 120510s2012 nyub b 001 0beng 17294377 2012017633 9780307382474 (hardcover) 9780307952950 (ebook) DLC DLC DLC Eng pcc e-fr--- 318 DC 146 R378b 2012 944.04092 Reiss, Tom. The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo / Tom Reiss ; [maps by David Lindroth Inc.]. New York : Crown Trade, 2012. ix, 414 p. : maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-403) and index. Prologue, part 1 : February 26, 1806 -- 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. 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. Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806. Generals France Biography. Generales Francia Biografía. France. Armée Biography. France History, Military 1789-1815. Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 Family. David Lindroth Inc. lcc bk dpf 24811 24811 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 318 DC 146 R378b 2012 00000103185 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk