Hi there readers,
Going into this summer, I knew I would have to read Tom Reiss’s Pulitzer-winning 2012 biography The Black Count, which details the life and times of Alexandre Dumas’s father, General Alex Dumas.
Not only was it a great story on its own, but it added new dimensions to my understanding of Alexandre Dumas and The Count of Monte Cristo. Tu…
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