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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

Tom Reiss

“In the early 1800s, General Alex Dumas was purposefully disappeared by hie enemies. And though his son sought to make him live through his classic novels, for too long his story has remained silenced. The Black Count vividly vindicates the great general, restoring him to his rightful place at the center of the Age of Revolution.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Biography -> BiographyIntellectual BiographyBlack History & Culture

Award History

2 wins · 5 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor2013WinnerSecondary source
PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography2013WinnerSecondary source
Cundill History PrizeMajor2013FinalistSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyMajor2012FinalistSecondary source
Plutarch Award: Biography2013FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Alex Dumas78%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The Black Count argues that Alex Dumas was purposefully disappeared by his enemies, and that his silenced story should be restored to the center of the Age of Revolution.

    Model confidence 74%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.