Black Majesty - The Life of Christophe King of Haiti
by John W. Vandercook
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1928. This is the life of a man. The author has added nothing to the sparse records of old books and the fading memories that linger in the minds of men of the King_s country. Nothing has been left out except for a few legends that had no historical basis. Christophe, as is often the ill-fortune of great men, has been remembered chiefly by his enemies and the cruel and silly tales they told of him.Tags
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- Canonical title
- Black Majesty - The Life of Christophe King of Haiti
- Original publication date
- 1928-02
- People/Characters
- Christophe, King Henri; Leclerc, General Charles Victor Emmanuel; Dessalines, Jean Jacques
- Important places
- Haiti; Hispaniola; Cap Haïtien
- Dedication
- To Margaret
- First words
- Cap Haïtien is a town made listless by the sun.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The pride he had hoped for - just a little, in that word they called him by, long after he was dead:
Christophe - L'Homme. - Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 920 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Heraldry Biographies
- LCC
- F1924 .V23 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Latin America. Spanish America Greater Antilles Haiti (Island). Hispaniola Haiti (Republic)
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- 79
- Popularity
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- Languages
- English, French, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 1
- ASINs
- 14
