In this first installment of his epic Haitian trilogy, Madison Smartt Bell brings to life a decisive moment in the history of race, class, and colonialism. The slave uprising in Haiti was a momentous contribution to the tide of revolution that swept over the Western world at the end of the 1700s. A brutal rebellion that strove to overturn a vicious system of slavery, the uprising successfully transformed Haiti from a European colony to the world’s first Black republic. From the center of this horrific maelstrom, the heroic figure of Toussaint Louverture–a loyal, literate slave and both a devout Catholic and Vodouisant–emerges as the man who will take the merciless fires of violence and vengeance and forge a revolutionary war fueled by liberty and equality. Bell assembles a kaleidoscopic portrait of this seminal movement through a tableau of characters that encompass black, white, male, female, rich, poor, free and enslaved. Pulsing with brilliant detail, All Soul’s Rising provides a visceral sense of the pain, terror, confusion, and triumph of revolution.
Série Haïti Séries
Cette trilogie de fiction historique plonge les lecteurs dans l'ère tumultueuse de la Révolution Haïtienne. Suivez les parcours d'individus qui ont lutté pour la liberté et l'indépendance contre la domination coloniale. Les récits sont riches en courage, en trahison et en esprit indomptable à un moment charnière de l'histoire mondiale. Plongez dans les événements dramatiques qui ont façonné l'une des premières nations libres des Amériques.
