alexanderdumas

so-so

Yeah, I'm a bit meh on this Dumas book. I'm reading it for Twitch for Black History Month (Canada) because it's one of his shortest works. The trouble with this book is that it's a slow burn, with 13 long chapters of build up to all the action in the last 7 chapters. It's hard to get invested in the tragedy of Lucien and Louis. My viewers are enjoying it, surprisingly enough. It's the forgotten basis for a pile of SFF stories, too.

Faranae Also, I'm deeply regretting the accent I gave Lucien for reading aloud. I was tired and what I pulled out for his apparently strong Corsican accent (not given an eye dialect, but mentioned), was some sort of unholy merging of my Francophone aunt's manner and accent, and a vaguely Italian accent. It's become extremely hard to maintain over multiple streams and I kind of hate it. Fortunately, there's a couple Librivox recordings to choose from. 😅 2mo

willaful I would never be able to get through this without incessant quoting from “Start the Revolution Without Me.“ 😂 2mo

Faranae @willaful Better than the Cheech and Chong film. 😂 2mo

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Pogue

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

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A well written and researched book on the life and times is Alex Dumas. There is a lot of history in here.

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Sleepswithbooks

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

@iread2much I‘ve been looking forward to reading one of your favorite books for quite some time now. Thank you for this gift and for being a wonderful friend!

#Litsylove #Friends #BlackCount #Booklovers #Paperpals #MailboxHappiness #ReadanAdventure

iread2much You are welcome! I hope you enjoy this book! 1y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome mug 🖤 1y

PageShifter Looks really interesting! 1y

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Michael_Gee

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

But France did not have a normal government: it had a collection of caffeinated intellectuals conducting passionate nonstop shouting matches in the former royal riding school of the Tuileries palace.

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Michael_Gee

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

This biography of Alex Dumas, the father of Alexandre Dumas, is anything but dry history. Reading about the son of a black slave who rises to prominence in the late eighteenth century is already engaging, and Reiss tells the story with a contemporary flair. Dumas‘s “new digs” are behind the Louvre and then there‘s this great beginning to a sentence: “Sexual adventure was trendy in 1784.”

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StaceGhost

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

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We‘ve had so much fun these past few days but we‘re both tuckered out lol 😂 it‘s a good kind of tired

Texreader Love this so much!! 3y

AmyG Adorable ❤️ 3y

kspenmoll Such a cutie! All snuggled in. 3y

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ValerieAndBooks

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

Book haul from Goodwill after I dropped off donations there! I‘ve been wanting to read the bio of Alex Dumas (the Black Count) for a long time!! But right now am reading thru the grilling cookbook for new ideas (such a 1990s cover 😂) — we recently got a grill/smoker.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa The Black Count is a good one! 3y

Ruthiella I‘ve heard good things about the Tom Reiss book about Dumas! 3y

ValerieAndBooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I remember you posting about it — might have your posts that made me stack it! 3y

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ValerieAndBooks @Ruthiella I‘m looking forward to it. I may parallel read the tagged

The Count of Monte Cristo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ValerieAndBooks The bad side of Litsy, lots of expanding TBR lists! And I actually ready The Count of Monte Cristo first and then The Black Count. They do have some relation to each other. 3y

Lynnsoprano @Alisnazzy and her brother gave us a combo gas/charcoal grill for Christmas. Now I need a grill cookbook, too! 3y

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SW-T

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

Read this one again and liked it just as much as on the first reading. 😊

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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

Today you get a bonus #Recommendsday. Not a black author, so it won‘t count for the #BlackPublishingPower

This nonfiction book is about the man behind the Count of Monte Cristo, General Alex Dumas. Did you know Alexander Dumas‘s father was a famous general AND the son of a black slave who rose to become a famous general and who was the inspiration for many of his son‘s swashbuckling adventures novels.

#BLMReadingList
#BLM

ValerieAndBooks This was already stacked...maybe because of you!! Should look for it soon. 4y

Butterfinger I am fascinated by this. Dumas is one of my favorite writers. 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ValerieAndBooks I‘m such a bad influence! 4y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Butterfinger Yes, and I was fascinated by how I had never heard about this General or family history before!!! 4y

ValerieAndBooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa no, you‘re a good influence! But bad for our TBRs 😂. Speaking of TBRs, I have The Count of Monte Cristo in it. I wonder which should be read first , this bio or the novel 🤔 @Butterfinger 4y

Butterfinger @ValerieAndBooks I mean to get to the Count soon too. 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ValerieAndBooks Both are good, and you can see the parallels, but they are not so close that you have to read one in particular before the other. 4y

Kenyazero Someone gave me a copy of this book a few years ago and it‘s been on my bookshelf ever since. Maybe I should move this up on my tbr! 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Kenyazero That‘s where I‘ve been pulling my TBR picks from, there are always too many books and not enough time to read them all...and some are just begging to be read! 4y

Daisey This book is so good! 4y

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Daisey

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

Day 3 of 7: Books that made a lasting impression on me

This is the fascinating story of the father of author Alexandre Dumas, and it is the book that taught me to love audiobooks. I appreciate learning all kinds of history but seldom make time to read nonfiction in print. However, as I learned with this book, I generally enjoy listening to nonfiction better than fiction.

#7days7books

Daisey
@Riveted_Reader_Melissa Care to share books that have made an impression on you? 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This was a great book! And sure! 4y

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