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Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography!“Tom Reiss wrings plenty of drama and swashbuckling action out of Dumas’ strange and nearly forgotten life, and more: The Black Count is one of those quintessentially human stories of strength and courage that also sheds light on the flukey historical moment that made it possible.”—Time“A remarkable and almost compulsively researched account…The author spent a decade on the case, and it shows.”—Christian Science Monitor“Fascinating…a richly imaginative biography.” —New York Times Book Review"It would take an incredibly fertile mind to invent a character as compelling, exciting and unlikely as Gen. Alexandre (Alex) Dumas [hence] you might forget, while reading, that The Black Count is a work of nonfiction; author Tom Reiss writes with such narrative urgency and vivid description, you'd think you were reading a novel…The Black Count reminds us of how essential stories, whether true or invented, can be.” —National Public Radio “Vibrant…Sometimes the best stories are true. This is one of them.”—Ebony “Reiss details the criminal forgetting of Alex Dumas…This remarkable book stands as his monument.”—Washington Post “Superb... as improbable and exciting as [Dumas’s] best books… but there is much more to this book than that.” —Newsweek/The Daily Beast “Lush prose and insightful details make The Black Count one of the best biographies of 2012…a tale that is as easily engrossing as one of Dumas’ page-turning and timeless works.”—Essence “Impressively thorough…Reiss moves the story on at an entertaining pace…fascinating.”—Wall Street Journal “To tell this tale, Reiss must cover the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the rise of Napoleon toward Empire; he does all that with remarkable verve.”—Boston Globe “Fascinating [and] swashbuckling...meticulously evokes the spirit of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France...Dumas comes across as something of a superhero...a monument to the lives of both Dumas and his adoring [novelist] son.”—The Seattle Times “A piece of detective work by a prize-winning author...brilliantly researched.”—The Daily Mail (U.K.) “Sometimes real life does, indeed, trump even the wildest of fiction…With a narrative that is engaging and entertaining, Reiss sets the literary table for one of the most satisfying adventure stories of the autumn. Richly detailed, meticulously researched and beautifully written, this is the unlikely true story of the man behind one of the greatest books in literature.”—Tucson Citizen “Triumphant…Reiss directs a full-scale production that jangles with drawn sabers, trembles with dashing deeds and resonates with the love of a son for a remarkable father.”—The Herald (U.K.) “Fascinating….Reiss argues that Dumas is an important, criminally neglected figure [and] it’s difficult to argue with him…A truly amazing story.”—NPR.org “A story that has everything…The Black Count has its own moving narrative thread, made compelling by Reiss’s impassioned absorption with the general’s fate.”—The Literary Review “A thoroughly researched, lively piece of nonfiction that will be savored by fans of Alexandre Dumas. But The Black Count needs no partner: It is fascinating enough to stand on its own.”—Bookpage “A compelling new work by literary detective Reiss, author of The Orientalist, tracks the wildly improbable career of [Count of Monte Cristo author] Alexandre Dumas’ mixed-race father…Reiss eloquently argues the General’s case.”—Kirkus Reviews “Alex Dumas, an extraordinary man whose sensational life had been largely lost to history solely because of his race, takes the spotlight in this dynamic tale…Reiss capitalizes on his subject’s charged personality as well as the revolutionary times in which he lived to create an exciting narrative.”—Publishers Weekly “Thrilling…Reiss makes clear that Alex lived a life as full of adventure, triumph, and tragic loss as any of his son’s literary creations…This absorbing biography should redeem its subject from obscurity.”—Booklist“From pike-wielding mobs to prisoners locked in a fortress tower, The Black Count is as action-packed as The Count of Monte Cristo. Unlike Dumas’s famous adventure novel, however, Reiss’s incredible tale is true.”—Candice Millard, New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic “Tom Reiss has literally drilled into locked safes to create this masterpiece…. His portrait of a man who was arguably our modern age’s greatest unknown soldier is remarkable.”—James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys “A masterful biography, richly detailed, highly researched, and completely absorbing. The Black Count is a triumph.”—Amanda Foreman, New York Times bestselling author of A World on Fire and Georgiana “It’s hard to imagine a more colorful or engaging subject than the man who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. In the wonderful hands of Tom Reiss, Alex Dumas comes to vivid life, illuminating far-flung corners of history and culture. This is a terrific book.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston “The Black Count is a dazzling achievement. I learned something new virtually on every page. No one who reads this magnificent biography will be able to read The Count of Monte Cristo or any history of slavery in the New World in the same way again.”—Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University “Rousing and thought-provoking, The Black Count is an adventure like no other. I marveled at every twist and turn of this remarkable true story, brought to life with the charm and personal touch that has become the trademark of Tom Reiss.”—Laurence Bergreen, New York Times bestselling author of Columbus and Over the Edge of the World “A riveting, beautifully written and well-researched story of the seemingly impossible. It could never have happened in the United States, and with great skill, Reiss shows how the moment that produced Alex Dumas was lost with the rise of nineteenth-century racism.”—Annette Gordon-Reed, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for The Hemingses of Monticello “In the early 1800s, General Alex Dumas was purposefully disappeared by his enemies, and for too long his story has remained silenced. The Black Count vividly vindicates the great general, restoring him to his rightful place at the center of the Age of Revolution. Carrying us from the plantations of the Caribbean to Paris, the Alps, and Egypt, Reiss tells an engrossing tale of a life of social struggle, adventure, and courage—and of the frustrations and joys of a researcher on the trail of a forgotten truth.”—Laurent Dubois, author of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History “A tale worthy of Dumas himself—of impossible odds, shrinking before the irresistible forces of daring, ingenuity and in-your-face talent.”—Ted Widmer, author of Ark of the Liberties “The real-life history of General Alex Dumas is as poignant and swashbuckling a tale as any his novelist son could have dreamed. Tom Reiss has the dramatist’s sense of setting and scene, the reporter’s persistence, and the historian’s eye for truth. Would that the imprisoned Count of Monte Cristo had a copy of this book!”—Darrin M. McMahon, author of Enemies of the Enlightenment and Happiness: A History “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. In The Black Count the master journalist-storyteller opens the door to the truth behind one of literature’s most exciting stories, and opens it wide enough to show the delicate beauty of the lives within.”—Darin Strauss, National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Half a Life “Tom Reiss tells this amazing story, largely unknown today, with verve, style, and a nonpareil command of detail.”—Luc Sante, author of Low Life, Evidence, and The Factory of Facts “The Black Count is a complex work of political and social history gallantly masquerading as a fantastic adventure story. As he did in The Orientalist, Tom Reiss has traveled far to stalk a forgotten legend, and has recovered for us a vivid, dramatic tale that delights, moves, and inspires.”—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Direction “The Black Count is totally thrilling—a fascinating, beautifully written, and deeply researched biography that brings to life one of history’s great forgotten characters: the swashbuckling, flamboyant, and romantic mulatto count whose true life belongs in a Hollywood movie or Alexandre Dumas story.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem: The Biography and Young Stalin “Tom Reiss tells the incredible story of Alex Dumas with the same excitement about uncovering history that he brought to The Orientalist.”—Nina Burleigh, New York Times bestselling author of Mirage: Napoleon’s Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt “We believe we know the glories of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. We believe we understand the horror of slavery and the oppression of Africans. 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, author of Bloodlands and The Red Prince “Reiss combines the talent of a thorough English detective with the literary flair of a French novelist to produce a story that is as fresh as today’s headlines but as old as the Greek classics.”—Jack Weatherford, New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World “Colorful and utterly captivating . . . This is history that is vibrant, gripping, and tragic.”—William Dietrich, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Napoleon’s Pyramids and The Emerald Storm More Praise for Tom Reiss THE ORIENTALIST "A wondrous tale, beautifully told… mesmerizing, poignant and almost incredible." —The New York Times “Spellbinding history… part detective yarn, part author biography, part travel saga… completely fascinating.” —The Dallas Morning News “Thrilling, novelistic and rich with the personal and political madness of early twentieth-century Europe.” —Entertainment Weekly "An elaborate wonder-cabinet… as page–turningly compelling as any fiction." —The Los Angeles Times “Exhilarating… an endlessly inventive saga.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A brainy, nimble, remarkable book.” —Chicago Tribune
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About the Author
TOM REISS is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Black Count and the author of the celebrated international bestseller The Orientalist. His biographical pieces have appeared The New Yorker, The New York Times and other publications. He makes his home in New York City.
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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Broadway Books; Reprint edition (May 14, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780307382474
ISBN-13: 978-0307382474
ASIN: 0307382478
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5.2 x 1.1 x 8 inches
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I bought this book, Black Count, because it was on sale and I was intrigued by the subject matter. The father of the author of The Count of Monte Chris to was a commanding officer in Revolutionary France? I has to check it out.The book was long, and I had to take an occasional break to chew on it a bit, but immersing myself into 18th century France and it's colonial holdings was fascinating. The dynamics of French nobility moving to the Americas to find their fortune and do whatever they wanted with the natives and the slaves, producing families at will and leaving them behind when they became an inconvenience, well, it was simply appalling. Alex Dumas' father was, needless to say, a piece of work. How General Dumas became such an honorable man with such a background is amazing to me. I also especially enjoyed reading how the French Revolution tried to eradicate racism, only to have it reinforced when Napoleon Bonaparte came to power. I love reading about people of African descent in European history; it proves, as my mother always says, "We've ( people of color) have always been everywhere." The Black Count by Reiss did not disappoint.
This historical biography is based on the life of the famous author, Alexandre Dumas’s father, Thomas-Alexandre, known as Alex Dumas.After time spent in the War of the Polish Succession that ended in 1738, Frenchman Alexandre (Antoine) Davy de la Pailleterie, a future marquis, left France to seek his fortune in Saint-Domingue, the island of Hispaniola. At that time, the Spaniards owned, Santo Domingo, the east side of the island, and the French owned the west, Saint-Domingue (Haiti). Because of sugar planting, Saint-Domingue was one of the wealthiest islands in the world.Antoine moved in with his younger brother, Charles, who had married well and became a well-known sugar planter. Antoine scrounged off his brother for a decade, kept several slave mistresses, and refused to work. Charles and Antoine’s relationship ended violently. Antoine fled with three of his brothers’ slaves, one of which was his latest mistress. To probably resist arrest, Antoine moved up into the highlands, a densely wooded mountains, eventually settling in Jérémie, an isolated area of Haiti. There, he changed his name to Antoine de l’Isle—Antoine of the island.Antoine purchased a mistress for a very high price, Marie Cessette Dumas. Marie Cessette bore him four children. The eldest child was Antoine’s favorite, Thomas-Alexandre, born in 1762. When Antoine returned to France, he would eventually send for fifteen year old Thomas-Alexandre. Antoine sold Marie Cessette and their other three children.In France, Antoine made sure his son was well educated. Thomas-Alexandre became an excellent swordsman. As a young man, Thomas-Alexandre, enlisted in the dragoons, and rejected his father’s surname, Davy de la Pailleterie, and took his mother’s surname, Dumas. He would never again be known as Thomas. Instead, he used Alexandre (Alex) Dumas. He even listed his father as Antoine Dumas.As a Lieutenant Colonel, Alex, who was later commissioned as a General, married Marie-Louise Labouret of Villers-Cotterets, France. They would have three children: two daughters and Alexandre Dumas, Jr. their last child, the future author, was born 10 years later.The book is filled with an enormous amount of French history, some of which includes the shrewd General Bonaparte. At one point, General Dumas and Bonaparte fought together. General Dumas sailed to Egypt with Bonaparte.General Dumas appeared to be a loving husband and good father. On the front, he was a courageous, strong-minded, intuitive leader, unbiased toward his troops. From his men he received much devotion and admiration. His flaw was sometimes not using tact and being too critical. He had high expectations of a soldier’s performance. Yet his bold criticism toward inept superiors or those favored by superiors cost him promotions or unkindness later in life.General Napoleon showed farsightedness concerning his own future ambitions. However, he appeared to be intolerant of criticism expressed by General Dumas, and inflated his own self-importance when he and Dumas were generals.Napoleon was willing to cruelly exploit others for his own gain, especially concerning the Rights of Man decree. When Napoleon became emperor, the law, previously decreed by former King Louis XVI of France, April 4, 1792, which provided citizenship for all property owning free men of color on the islands, became invalid in 1800. In France, interracial marriages as well as interracial education were outlawed. People of color who had lived free in France were to be rounded up and sent back to the colonies. They could no longer live in Paris or the surrounding suburbs. This appears like history repeating itself. German citizens had experienced this during the Second World War, and currently Dominicans of Haitian descent are being denied citizenship because of their place of birth.Without giving too much away, this is a superb historical biography, well written, full of information, and a pleasure to read. The history in France and on the island, Saint-Domingue, will amaze you. I took my time reading this book. Surprisingly, Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers, incorporated some of his father’s famous expeditions when writing his book. The author, Alexandre Dumas, expresses a genuine, tender love and admiration for his father, General Dumas. This book deserves five stars.
I like history. Actually, I love history. Anything set in the past gives me that delicious “tell me a story†feeling.Of course, I’m not talking about dry facts and figures, although they can be interesting in small doses. Nope, I’m talking about the good stuff. People are what bring history alive for me. What did they want; what did they fear? How were they better than me, and even more delightful, how were they worse? Who did they love? Who hated them? Let me share in their triumphs and make me dread their disasters. For good or ill, make me care that this person lived and died. Make them live again for me.It’s not too much to ask, is it?Obviously, not for Tom Reiss. In writing The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, he’s succeeded admirably. Don’t just take my word for it; I sure wouldn’t. But if you put any stock in a little prize established by a man named Pulitzer, then you might want to check this book out. Especially if you know and love the work of General Alex Dumas’ son, Alexandre Dumas (pere). Stories like The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, both of which were inspired by the author’s spectacular father, General Alex Dumas.Yeah, I went there. Spectacular is kind of a wimpy word when it comes to General Alex Dumas. He was the original Superman. A man too strong, too principled, too kind, too charismatic, too handsome—too good to be true. And yet he was truly that man. Others have complained in their reviews that Reiss’ bias toward his subject was too apparent, but I am amazed that anyone could read of General Alex Dumas’ life and not be besotted by him.Guilty!Read this book. Meet General Alex Dumas. To know him is to love him. Don’t believe me. Believe his son, who immortalized his exploits, his bravery, and his humanity in the best way he knew how.Comte Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie, who served his country as General Alex Dumas. I wish I would have known him in life, but after reading The Black Count, somehow I feel I do.
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