| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 414 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Prologue, part 1 : February 26, 1807 -- 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. |
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Traces the story of the mixed-race swordsman and father of novelist Alexandre Dumas, discussing his rise to the French aristocracy, his military triumphs ,and the adventures that inspired such classics as "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-403) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806.
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Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 -- Family.
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Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870. |
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Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806. |
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France. Armée -- Biography.
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France. Armée. |
| Chronological Term |
1789-1815 |
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Generals -- France -- Biography.
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Families. |
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Generals. |
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France -- History, Military -- 1789-1815.
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France. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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Military history.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
David Lindroth Inc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reiss, Tom. Black Count New York : Crown Trade, c2012 9780307382467 (DLC) 2012017633 (OCoLC)793503467 |
| ISBN |
9780307952950 : $51.00 |
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0307952959 : $51.00 |
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