Madison Smartt Bell
Author
Series
Haiti series volume 2
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Continuing his epic trilogy of the Haitian slave uprising, Madison Smartt Bell’s Master of the Crossroads delivers a stunning portrayal of Toussaint Louverture, former slave, military genius and liberator of Haiti, and his struggle against the great European powers to free his people in the only successful slave revolution in history. At the outset, Toussaint is a second-tier general in the Spanish army, which...
Author
Series
Haiti series volume 3
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Stone that the Builder Refused is the final volume of Madison Smartt Bell’s masterful trilogy about the Haitian Revolution–the first successful slave revolution in history–which begins with All Souls' Rising (a finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award) and continues with Master of the Crossroads. Each of these three novels can be read independently of the two others; of the trilogy,...
Author
Series
Haiti series volume 1
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A serious historical novel that reads like a dream." —The Washington Post Book World
"One of the most spohisticated fictional treatments of the enduring themes of class, color, and freedom." —San Francisco Chronicle
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST
This first installment of the epic Haitian trilogy brings to life a decisive moment in the history of race, class, and colonialism. The...
"One of the most spohisticated fictional treatments of the enduring themes of class, color, and freedom." —San Francisco Chronicle
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST
This first installment of the epic Haitian trilogy brings to life a decisive moment in the history of race, class, and colonialism. The...