Video Title: Tom Reiss, author "The Black Count" on France's First Black General Alex Dumas. Source: Mimi Geerges. Date Published: March 22, 2013. Description:
Discover the real "Count of Monte Cristo". Mimi interviews Tom Reiss, who rediscovered "The Black Count" - Alexander Dumas' father. The son of a white French noble and a black Haitian mother, General Alex Dumas fought his way up from the ranks to command only to run afoul of Napoleon. Tom describes the General's swashbuckling life - the inspiration for the Count and the characters in the Three Musketeers - and his battle against France's enemies and racial barriers.
