Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
Description |
ix, 414 pages : maps ; 21 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-403) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
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. |
Awards |
Pulitzer Prize in Biography, 2013. |
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Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014. |
Subject |
Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806.
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Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 -- Family.
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France. Armée -- Biography.
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Generals -- France -- Biography.
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France -- History, Military -- 1789-1815.
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Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870. (OCoLC)fst00033943
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Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806. (OCoLC)fst00018058
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France. Armée. (OCoLC)fst00539214
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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Chronological Term |
1789-1815
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Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
Glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo |
ISBN |
0307382478 (paperback) |
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9780307382474 (paperback) |
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9780307952950 (ebook) |
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0307952959 |
Standard No. |
9985496 |
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