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The First and Last King of Haiti
The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe
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English
Published/Copyright:
2025
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The dramatic story of a pivotal figure in the Haitian Revolution, who shook the Atlantic world to its core
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Marlene L. Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University, and the author of several books including Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Author’s Note on Terminology
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Prologue: King Henry’s Drama
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Introduction: On Doing Justice to Christophe’s Story
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1 A Future King Is Born
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2 A Child in a World of Slavery and Revolution
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3 Tracing Genealogies to the Future King
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4 Rising and Falling with Revolution
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5 Complicated Victories
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6 Love, Loss, and Betrayal Under Uncertain Skies
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7 America Avenged
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8 Empires Rise . . .
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9 Cracks in Imperial Authority
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10 Empires Fall . . .
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11 The Dawn of Civil War
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12 A King Is Crowned
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13 Three French Spies
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14 The Age of Christophean Diplomacy
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15 The Age of Christophean Prosperity
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16 Cracks in Kingly Authority
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17 A King Is Gone, but Not Forgotten
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18 Kingdom of the Next World
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Epilogue: The Greatest Heist in History
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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Index
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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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A NOTE ON THE TYPE
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eBook published on:
January 21, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9780300285383
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656
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44 color illus.
