The Black Count

Resumen del libro

The son of a nobleman and a slave, General Alexandre Dumas was a black man who rose, in a world of whites, to command entire armies. Reknowned for his strength, swordmanship, bravery and pulling victory out of the toughest situations he was feared by the enemy and loved by his men.

He once fought three duels in a day. Napoleon Bonaparte, threatened by the physical prowess and popularity of this black nobleman, conspired to bring about his downfall and Dumas found himself imprisoned in a fortress without hope of appeal. If some of this sounds familiar, it is because Dumas' son's novels - The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo -were inspired by his achievements and tragic fate.

Biografía del autor

Tom Reiss (Nueva York, 1964) es periodista y escribe regularmente para The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal y The New Yorker, entre otros. Fue en 1998, durante un viaje que hizo a Azerbaiyán, cuando descubrió a Kurban Said y su obra maestra, Alí y Nino. Así empezaron más de cinco años de investigación, durante los que viajó por una decena de países para averiguar el misterio que envuelve, desde 1942, a este autor de múltiples identidades al que dedicó su extraordinario libro El orientalista.