The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)

by Tom Reiss

Book Overview

WINNER OF THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar -- because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers . But, hidden behind General Dumas's swashbuckling adventures was an even more incredible secret: he was the son of a black slave -- who rose higher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307382478
• ISBN13: 9780307382474
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, The
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 8.0"