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All souls' rising by Madison Smartt Bell · Booklabria

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All souls' rising

HistoryHistorical Fiction

All souls' rising

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First published: 1995
Language: English
Editions: 6

Synopsis

One of the most prolific and gifted writers at work today presents an epic novel of astonishing depth and range about the black uprising in Haiti 200 years ago. A remarkable retelling of an episode of racial hatred at its most visceral and most unimaginably destructive, All Souls' Rising is Bell's most ambitious, most deeply satisfying novel to date.From the Hardcover edition.

Subjects: History
Historical Fiction
Slavery
Haiti
Slave insurrections
Insurrections
Set in: Haiti
Time: Revolution, 1791-1804
Characters: Toussaint Louverture

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