| Toussaint Louverture: A Biography Contributor(s): Bell, Madison Smartt (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400079357 ISBN-13: 9781400079353 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: In this fascinating biography, the first about Toussaint Louverture to appear in English in more than 50 years, Bell combines a novelists passion for his subject with a deep knowledge of the historical milieu that produced the man known either as a martyr of the Haitian revolution or as the instigator of one of historys most savagely violent events. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.26" W x 7.98" (0.55 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the end of the 1700s, French Saint Domingue was the richest and most brutal colony in the Western Hemisphere. A mere twelve years later, however, Haitian rebels had defeated the Spanish, British, and French and declared independence after the first--and only--successful slave revolt in history. Much of the success of the revolution must be credited to one man, Toussaint Louverture, a figure about whom surprisingly little is known. In this fascinating biography, Madison Smartt Bell, award-winning author of a trilogy of novels that investigate Haiti's history, combines a novelist's passion with a deep knowledge of the historical milieu that produced the man labeled a saint, a martyr, or a clever opportunist who instigated one of the most violent events in modern history. The first biography in English in over sixty years of the man who led the Haitian Revolution, this is an engaging reexamination of the controversial, paradoxical leader. |