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

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

Tom Reiss

414 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced

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WINNER OF THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar--because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such class...

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informative 98%
adventurous 79%
inspiring 37%
reflective 23%
challenging 16%
emotional 16%
dark 13%
sad 11%
hopeful 6%
tense 6%

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slow 18%
fast 12%

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