The Orientalist unravels the mysterious life of a man born on the border between West and East, a Jewish man with a passion for the Arab world. Tom Reiss first came across the man who called himself 'Kurban Said' when he went to the ex-USSR to research the oil business on the Caspian Sea, and discov[...]
"Completely absorbing". (Amanda Foreman). "Enthralling". (Guardian). The son of a nobleman and a slave, General Alexandre Dumas was a black man who rose, in a world of whites, to command entire armies. Reknowned for his strength, swordmanship, bravery and pulling victory out of the toughest situatio[...]
Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo - a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers."
The real-life protagonist of "The Black Count," General Alex [...]
SLAVE. SOLDIER. LIBERATOR. HERO.
General Alex Dumas, is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar--because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers."
Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo - a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers."
The real-life protagonist of "The Black Count," General Alex [...]
By the author of the internationally bestselling biography "The Orientalist," "The Black Count" brings to life one of history's great forgotten heroes: a man almost unknown today yet with a personal story that is strikingly familiar. His swashbuckling exploits appear in "The Three Musketeers," and h[...]
Boka handler om Lev Nussimbaum, som blei født inn i en velstående jødisk familie i 1905 i oljebyen Baku. Han flykter etter hvert fra den russiske revolusjon og under dikternavnene Essad Bey og Kurban Said blir han en berømt forfatter i det fascistiske Europa.[...]