Alexandre Dumas - "Le Diable noir" #[nn]

Part of Éditions Orphie's "L'Histoire en BD" series, this volume brings to life the remarkable story of General Alexandre Dumas — nicknamed "Le Diable Noir" — through the collaborative work of Benoît Despas and Jose Pires. The cover is anchored by a commanding close-up of Dumas himself, feathered bicorne hat atop his head, flanked by a young woman, a Napoleonic officer in blue-and-gold uniform, and charging cavalry troops that fill the lower half with Revolutionary-era energy. It's a vivid, sweeping portrait of a man whose extraordinary life sits at the crossroads of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and a story too compelling to be left out of any history shelf.