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He immerses you meticulously in the times of the french revolution from the slave colony of saint domingue now haiti through the storming of the bastille and the rise of napoleon

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The story unfolds through the unbelievable life of alex dumas who starts life as a mixed race child of a french lord and a slave mother and ultimately attains the highest rank ever of a black soldier in the french army

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Frustrating to see the story of this man be nearly lost to history

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But the relationship between the two men was not a smooth one

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This imprisonment broke dumas health and when he returned it was to see the advances made by those of color being rolled back and his own military backpay and ability to serve in jeopardy

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He died at forty a broken man except for his wife and two children

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Much of the information presented in the book tells the story of france and haiti before the haitian revolution it indirectly tells why it happened

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While i knew napoleon was a bit of a negrophobe i had no idea he was a racist as he was