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

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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Main Author:	Reiss, Tom
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown Trade, 2012.
Subjects:	Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, > 1762-1806. Generals > France > Biography. France. > Armée > Biography. France > History, Military > 1789-1815. Dumas, Alexandre, > 1802-1870 > Family.
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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.
Physical Description:	414 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-403) and index.
ISBN:	9780307382467 030738246X
Author Notes:	Tom Reiss (born May 5, 1964) is an American author, historian, and journalist. He grew up in New York City and graduated from Harvard University in 1987. Reiss is the author of three nonfiction books, the latest of which is The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (2012), which received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. His previous books are Führer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi (1996), the first inside exposé of the European neo-Nazi movement; and The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life (2005), which became an international bestseller. As a journalist, Reiss has written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. (Bowker Author Biography)