The first and last king of Haiti

the rise and fall of Henry Christophe

The first and last king of Haiti

the rise and fall of Henry Christophe
Marlene L Daut
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"The essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe (1767 - 1820) is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant young Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was"--

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Main Author: Daut, Marlene (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a 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 -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- List of abbreviations 
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