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The Black Count
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The Black Count (2012) (edit title/settings)

Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

by Tom Reiss (Author) (edit contributors)

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By the author of the internationally bestselling biography "The Orientalist," "The Black Count" brings to life one of history’s great forgotten heroes: a man almost unknown today yet with a personal story that is strikingly familiar.  His swashbuckling exploits appear in The Three Musketeers... read more

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  • Alexandre Dumas: Famous author and son of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
  • Louis XVI: French king executed during the French revolution
  • Marie Antoinette: French queen executed during the French revolution
  • Alexandre Antoine Davy: Marquis de la Pailleterie and father of General Dumas. Came to Hispaniola to seek his fortune and ran away from his debtors and brother with some slaves instead
  • Marie-Louise Labouret: General Dumas' wife
  • Charles Davy: Antoine's brother whom he sponges off of in Saint-Domingue
  • Louis Davy: Charles' and Antoine's younger brother
  • Catin: One of Antoine's slave mistresses with whom he runs away from his brother
  • Marie-Cessette: A slave that Antoine purchases who gives birth to their son, Thomas-Alexandre as well as three others
  • Thomas-Alexandre (Alex) Dumas: From humble beginnings, he would go on to become the highest ranking officer of color ever on the European continent. Husband of Marie Louise and father of the famed author Alexandre Dumas.
  • Marie-Anne de Maulde: Charles' daughter for whom he names a slave ship and 'inherits' the family estate with her husband Leon de Maulde
  • Leon de Maulde: Marie-Anne's husband who ends up getting cheated financially by Antoine
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges: A mulatto born as Joseph Boulogne who was acknowledged as the greatest swordsman in Europe who becomes Alex's tutor for swordsmanship
  • Marie Retou: Antoine's housekeeper whom he later marries
  • Alexandrine Aimee: Alex and Marie Louise's first born
  • Espagne: Close friend of Alex's whom he takes as an adjunct when he takes over as commander of the Army of the Alps.
  • Piston: A shrewd and reliable officer whom Alex takes as an adjunct when he takes command of the Army of the Alps.
  • Paul-Ferdinand Dermoncourt: Alex's friend and aide-de-camp
  • Representative Gaston: Jacobian representative that defends Dumas to the War Office
  • General Jean-Baptiste Kleber: A general that Dumas gets a post with and forms a close friendship.
  • Louise Alexandrine: The Dumas' second born daughter who dies at 13 months old
  • Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson: British admiral who was the French's greatest nemesis at sea
  • Deodat de Dolomieu: One of Europe's leading geologists who accompanies the French army to Egypt and ends up imprisoned
  • Napoleon Bonaparte: General who eventually becomes emperor of France and clashed with Alex Dumas
  • Maria Carolina: Queen of Naples and Marie-Antoinette's older sister
  • Ferdinand: King of Naples
  • Cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo: Leader of the Holy Faith Army and right hand man of King Ferdinand
  • General Brune: Godfather to Dumas' only son, he worked after Dumas' death to attempt to get the back pay for his family that the government owed.
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It was nearly midnight on the night of February 26, 1806, and Alexandre Dumas, the future author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, was asleep at his uncle's house.

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Prologue, Part 1 - February 26, 1806
Prologue, Part 2 - January 25, 2007

Book 1
Chapter 1 - The Sugar Factory
Chapter 2 - The Black Code
Chapter 3 - Norman Conquest
Chapter 4 - No One Is a Slave in France
Chapter 5 - Americans in Paris
Chapter 6 - Black Count in the City of Lights
Chapter 7 - A Queen's Dragoon

Book 2
Chapter 8 - Summers of Revolution
Chapter 9 - Regeneration by Blood
Chapter 10 - The Black Heart Also Beats for Liberty
Chapter 11 - Mr. Humanity
Chapter 12 - The Battle for the Top of the World
Chapter 13 - The Bottom of the Revolution
Chapter 14 - The Siege
Chapter 15 - The Black Devil

Book 3
Chapter 16 - Leader of the Expedition
Chapter 17 - The delirium of His Republicanism
Chapter 18 - Dream on Fire
Chapter 19 - Prisoner of the Holy Faith Army
Chapter 20 - Citizeness Dumas...Is Worried About the Fate of Her Husband
Chapter 21 - The dungeon
Chapter 22 - Wait and Hope
Epilogue - The Forgotten Statue

Acknowledgments
Author's Note on Names
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Tom Reiss (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown
Country: United States
Publication Date: September 18, 2012
ISBN: 030738246X
Page Count: 432

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • The Three Musketeers

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