About Tom Reiss

TOM REISS is the author of the celebrated international bestseller The Orientalist. His biographical pieces have appeared The New Yorker, The New York Times and other publications. He lives with his wife and daughters in New York City.

"Tom Reiss can do it all: gather startling research and write inspired prose; find life's great stories and then tell them with real brilliance."

-Darin Strauss, National Book Critics Circle Award winning author of Half a Life and Chang and Eng

"Tom Reiss's storytelling panache is spellbinding."

-The Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Reiss brings figures out of history as fiery, courageous, and human."

-Interview Magazine

The Black Count

Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo – a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

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