Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh

Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

Sudhir Hazareesingh

464 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history challenging slow-paced
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Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize"Black Spartacus is a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time . . . An extraordinarily gripping read." --David...

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Moods

informative 97%
inspiring 52%
challenging 44%
reflective 41%
adventurous 17%
hopeful 11%
sad 11%
tense 8%
emotional 2%

Pace

slow 61%
medium 35%
fast 2%

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3.89

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