{"product_id":"9781683781301","title":"Summary of The Black Count: by Tom Reiss Includes Analysis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of The Black Count by Tom Reiss | Includes Analysis \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreview:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Black Count is the Pulitzer Prize winning biography written by author Tom\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReiss. The book traces the life of Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie, also\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eknown as Alexandre Dumas, a black general who fought in the French Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe narrative is told through historical documents as well as writings of Dumas’\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eson, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, who wrote The Three Musketeers and The\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCount of Monte Cristo.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDumas was born in 1762 in the Saint-Domingue French sugar colony, modern day\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHaiti. His father, Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003enobleman who became a marquis. After establishing a Jeremie coffee plantation in\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ethe 1750s, he purchased a slave named Marie Cessette and they had four children\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003etogether.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAntoine sold his wife and children into slavery, but pawned his favorite son,\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDumas, and, in August of 1776, redeemed him. Dumas and Antoine moved to\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSaint-Germain- en-Laye, a small city west of Paris…\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLEASE NOTE: This is an unofficial summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside this Instaread Summary of The Black Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e• Summary of entire book\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e• Introduction to the Important People in the book\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e• Analysis of the Themes and Author’s Style\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWith Instaread, you can get the summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003echapter, summarize and analyze it for your convenience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Instaread, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131005321456,"sku":"9781683781301","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781683781301_p0.jpg?v=1763701285","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781683781301","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}