I was able to finish draw two in my Roulette Card game a few days. So it is time for a new draw...... Next up is The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss. I wanted to pair this reading with The Count of Monte Cristo which I started back in August. I got sidetracked and still have about 50% of Edmond Dantès' tale to finish. I've thourghly enjoyed what I have read so far of Dumas' fictional tale. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in the Biography category. Just who is the Black Count, the Count of Monte Cristo that Alexandre Dumas basis his character off of? A man known as General Alex Dumas, the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas, who used his life story to inspire The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. General Dumas was born in Saint-Domingue (Haiti), the son of a black slave. Making his way to Paris, he excelled to heights not common for his lineage and commanded armies during the French Revolution. This book explores the real life, swashbuckling, sword fighting and captive held life of General Dumas. Previous Post: Card 2; Card 1; Card List [Notice: Original posting 2014-06-19 at Plethora of Books Blog: http://bookchallenges.weebly.com] Tags: Reading Roulette |
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My first card for Reading Roulette (drum roll please) ..... the 6 of Diamonds. Pulling from my original list, my first read is The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis. I was scheduled to read this in Febraury, but just didn't get to it. I'm happy to start with a nice easy, quick read being I have a full slate already. In publication order, this is book four in the Narnia Chronicles. This will help me get back on schedule for my C.S. Lewis reads for the year and allow me to continue my journey in Narnia and find out what lesson Aslan has this time. Previous Post: Card List [Notice: Original posting 2014-05-04 at Plethora of Books Blog: http://bookchallenges.weebly.com] Tags: Reading Roulette Image Note: Original image designed in Word by Plethora.
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