The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte CristoModern · History, Nonfiction, Biography
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
2012 · 414 pages · Nonfiction
50
Modern
★ 4.03 on Goodreads · 23K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2013). 4.03★ from 23K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
50Must-Read Score
- Readers52 out of 100 · counts 40%+24
- Critics71 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+25
- Bestseller8 out of 100 · counts 14%+1
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #93 of the 168 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #103 of the 154 history books we rank
- #235 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #518 of the 1,404 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2013)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Biography) finalist (2012)
Reads as
True story
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