Tom Reiss can do it all: gather startling research and write inspired prose find life's great stories and then tell them with real brilliance. But what is the relationship between the grand goal of liberation and the deep tragedy of racism? As Reiss shows us, answers can be found in the extraordinary life of a forgotten French hero of the great revolutionary campaigns - a hero who was black - Timothy Snyder We believe we understand the horror of slavery and the oppression of Africans. We believe we know the glories of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

Brings to life one of history's great forgotten characters - Simon Sebag Montefiore Richly detailed, highly researched and completely absorbing. Publisher: Vintage Publishing ISBN: 9780099575139 Number of pages: 432 Weight: 370 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 31 mm MEDIA REVIEWS The Pyramids, Paris to the prison cell at Taranto - Reiss, like the novelistīefore him, triumphantly resurrects this forgotten hero. By walking the same ground as Dumas - from Haiti to There no statues of 'Monsieur Humanity' as his troops called him? Theīlack Count uncovers what happened and the role Napoleon played inĭumas's downfall. So how did such this extraordinary man get erased by history? Why are In the Dragoons to the rank of general an outsider who had grown upĪmong slaves, he was all for Liberty and Equality.

The swashbuckling stories was, in fact, Dumas's own father, Alex - the son

But here a prize-winning author shows us that the inspiration for ' The Three Musketeers! The Count of Monte Cristo! The stories of courseĪre fiction. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY 2013

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