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The first and last king of Haiti : the rise and fall of Henry Christophe / Marlene L. Daut.
Van Pelt Library F1924.C47 D38 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daut, Marlene L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, 1767-1820.
- Henri Christophe.
- Haiti--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Haiti.
- Haiti--Politics and government--1804-1844.
- Haiti--History.
- Politics and government.
- Biography.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 630 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Rise and fall of Henry Christophe
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe (1767 - 1820) is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant young Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Author's note on terminology
- Prologue: King Henry's drama
- Introduction: On doing justice to Christophe's story
- A future king is born
- A child in a world of slavery and revolution
- Tracing genealogies to the future king
- Rising and falling with revolution
- Complicated victories
- Love, loss, and betrayal under uncertain skies
- America avenged
- Empires rise....
- Cracks in imperial authority
- Empires fall....
- The dawn of civil war
- A king is crowned
- Three French spies
- The age of Christophean diplomacy
- The age of Christophean prosperity
- Cracks in kingly authority
- A king is gone, but not forgotten
- Kingdom of the next world
- Epilogue: The greatest heist in history
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration credits
- List of abbreviations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-595) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Daut, Marlene. First and last king of Haiti.
- ISBN:
- 9780593316160
- 0593316169
- 9780593314036
- 0593314034
- OCLC:
- 1429575856
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