Tom Reiss

Tom Reiss has just published a biography of General Alexandre Dumas called The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. His last book, The Orientalist, was a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize.

Barack Obama’s Founding Father

Post-racial

To find the first mixed race leader in the West you need to go back to revolutionary France, writes biographer Tom Reiss.

Tom Reiss | Published Oct 14, 2012