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

Informationen zum Autor Born in 1964, Tom Reiss is an American author and journalist who lives in New York. He is the author of The Orientalist , an acclaimed biography of Lev Nussimbaum (aka Kurban Said) which was shortlisted for the 2006 Samuel Johnson Prize. The Black Count is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2013. Klappentext By walking the same ground as Dumas - from Haiti tothe Pyramids, Paris to the prison cell at Taranto - Reiss, like the novelistbefore him, triumphantly resurrects this forgotten hero.'Entrances from first to last. Zusammenfassung By walking the same ground as Dumas - from Haiti tothe Pyramids, Paris to the prison cell at Taranto – Reiss, like the novelistbefore him, triumphantly resurrects this forgotten hero. ‘Entrances from first to last.

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Richly detailed, highly researched and completely absorbing... A triumph Amanda Foreman

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tom Reiss, Reiss Tom
• Verlag: Vintage UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9780099575139
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957513-9
• Seiten: 432
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Biography: historical, political and military