The Black Count

Tom Reiss

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • biography
  • dumas, alexandre, 1802-1870
  • dumas, thomas alexandre, 1762-1806
  • families
  • family
  • france
  • france, armee
  • france. armee
  • france. armée
  • france, history, 1789-1815
  • france, history, military
  • generals
  • generals, biography
  • milirary history
  • military history
  • new york times bestseller
  • nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2012-10-07
  • racially mixed people