The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo /

Reiss, Tom

The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo / Glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo Tom Reiss. - First edition. - ix, 414 pages : map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-403) and index.

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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Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 --Family.


France. Arm�ee --Biography.


Generals--France--Biography


France--History, Military--1789-1815

DC146.D83 / R46 2012

944.04092 B