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The first and last king of Haiti : the rise and fall of Henry Christophe / Marlene L. Daut.

Daut, Marlene L., (author.).

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"The essential biography of one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas. In The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant, award-winning Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was."-- Dust jacket flap.

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  • ISBN: 9780593316160
  • ISBN: 0593316169
  • ISBN: 9780593314036
  • ISBN: 0593314034
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 630 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-595) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject:
Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, 1767-1820.
Haiti > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Haiti > Politics and government > 1804-1844.
Genre:
Biographies.
Informational works.

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