{"product_id":"the-black-count-glory-revolution-betrayal-and-the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-pulitzer-prize-for-biography-9780307382474","title":"The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY - ONE OF \u003ci\u003eESQUIRE\u003c\/i\u003e'S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ebecause his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Count of Monte Cristo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut, hidden behind General Dumas's swashbuckling adventures was an even more incredible secret: he was the son of a black slave\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ewho rose higher in the white world than any man of his race would before our own time. Born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), Alex Dumas made his way to Paris, where he rose to command armies at the height of the Revolution\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003euntil he met an implacable enemy he could not defeat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Black Count is simultaneously a riveting adventure story, a lushly textured evocation of 18th-century France, and a window into the modern world's first multi-racial society.\u003ci\u003e TIME\u003c\/i\u003e magazine called \u003ci\u003eThe Black Count\u003c\/i\u003e \"one of those quintessentially human stories of strength and courage that sheds light on the historical moment that made it possible.\" But it is also a heartbreaking story of the enduring bonds of love between a father and son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTOM REISS is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author o\u003ci\u003ef The Black Count \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of the celebrated international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Orientalist\u003c\/i\u003e. His biographical pieces have appeared \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. He makes his home in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613200027922,"sku":"9780307382474","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0c1856c7-1730-49b1-9caa-a568eb3dc590.jpg?v=1732390267","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-black-count-glory-revolution-betrayal-and-the-real-count-of-monte-cristo-pulitzer-prize-for-biography-9780307382474","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}