| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
ix, 414 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-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. |
| Subject |
Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806.
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Generals -- France -- Biography.
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France. Armée -- Biography.
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France -- History, Military -- 1789-1815.
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Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 -- Family.
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| ISBN |
9780307382467 |
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030738246X |
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