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PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press
ISBN-100809320983
ISBN-139780809320981
eBay Product ID (ePID)921731
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NameGeneral Alexandre Dumas : Soldier of the French Revolution
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectEurope / France, Historical, Military
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJohn G. Gallaher
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight44.1 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-025583
IllustratedYes
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SynopsisAn account of the life of General Alexandre Dumas: father of writer Alexandre Dumas (""The Three Musketeers"" and ""The Count of Monte Cristo"") and grandfather of playwright Alexandre Dumas. Born to an enslaved black woman and white French nobleman, he was to lead a distinguished military career., Although General Alexandre Dumas was a fascinating man and a bold, distinguished Napoleonic soldier, he has been overshadowed by the literary successes of his son Alexandre Dumas "(The Three Musketeers "and "The Count of Monte Cristo) "and grandson, the playwright Alexandre Dumas. Gallaher reveals General Dumas extraordinary life in eighteenth-century France, providing the first biography in English of the mulatto soldier who knew both the favor and the wrath of Napoleon Bonaparte.Born Thomas-Alexandre Davy de Ia Pailleterie in 1762 to an enslaved black woman and a white French nobleman, the young Thomas Alexandre spent his first fourteen years on the island of Saint Domingue. Following his mother s death, Alexandre joined his father in Normandy in 1776. Later, he moved to Paris alone. In 1786, after losing financial support for his libertine Parisian life, Thomas-Alexandre enlisted as a private in the French army under his mother s nameDumas. From there began a distinguished military career that saw early rapid advancement, peaked with high favor from Napoleon, and ended after unjust attempts on Dumas life. ", Although General Alexandre Dumas was a fascinating man and a bold, distinguished Napoleonic soldier, he has been overshadowed by the literary successes of his son Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo) and grandson, the playwright Alexandre Dumas. Gallaher reveals General Dumas' extraordinary life in eighteenth-century France, providing the first biography in English of the mulatto soldier who knew both the favor and the wrath of Napoleon Bonaparte. Born Thomas-Alexandre Davy de Ia Pailleterie in 1762 to an enslaved black woman and a white French nobleman, the young Thomas Alexandre spent his first fourteen years on the island of Saint Domingue. Following his mother's death, Alexandre joined his father in Normandy in 1776. Later, he moved to Paris alone. In 1786, after losing financial support for his libertine Parisian life, Thomas-Alexandre enlisted as a private in the French army under his mother's name--Dumas. From there began a distinguished military career that saw early rapid advancement, peaked with high favor from Napoleon, and ended after unjust attempts on Dumas' life.
LC Classification NumberDC146.D83G35 1997
