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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

Tom Reiss

Start date: February 8, 2015

Finish date: February 15, 2015

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Why we're reading this: Pulitzer Prize Winner for Biography or Autobiography 2013
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Jun 29, 2012 Nick rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: history

Not only a great story about an incredible yet almost forgotten historical figure, but also a great exploration of how within one generation blacks in the French empire went from slaves, to revolutionary equals, to a marginalized and horribly mistreated minority.

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Feb 09, 2019 Stephanie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019

Fabulous and fascinating. Put me on Team Alex Dumas!

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Mar 01, 2019 Ehrrin rated it liked it

Shelves: book-club-2018-2020, non-fiction, completed-2019

Fascinating subject, and all the history and evident research is incredible, BUT the often overwhelming level of detail of the many, many, many fleeting characters and the army stuff made it feel like a chore to read at times. I'm sure it would be thrilling to those generally interested in historical war stuff.

I'm going to put his other book, The Orientalist, on my TBR list. ...more

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May 31, 2018 Jess rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018, books-i-own

3.5 stars. I didn't love the narrator for this one, and it felt a bit long for the amount of material it covered. ...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Lori rated it it was ok

Shelves: audio

Very interesting topic but I think maybe not one for audio. There was quite a bit of French history and the sheer volume of people and places made me wish I had the text in front of me to flip back and refresh my memory what we were talking about. There was a lot of info about an integrated France that I had never heard before which was just fascinating. It helped that I was an Alexander Dumas fan (the writer...who knew there were 3 of them!) so I was familiar with the characters and works discu ...more

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