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> Sarkozy said he would take two books with him into prison, a life of Jesus by Jean-Christian Petitfils and the Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Crist

• byroot 1y ago
  It has nothing to do with literature. It’s just a not so subtle way to claim he’s innocent and that he’ll get his revenge.
  • sillyfluke 1y ago
    Amusingly, it's also inspired by the life of the writer's mixed race black father, who in the 1700s became the highest ranking black general in the west not to be surpassed until the American generals in the 1990s and supposedly attracted the jealousy of Napolean (See "The Black Count"). So there's something there for everyone I guess.
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    • ecshafer 1y ago
      This is one of those I should have known better moments. But I have never put together Alexander Dumas the author being related (son of) to Thomas-Alexander Dumas of Haiti/France despite them both being French, mix-race and overlapping in time. Learning about Thomas-Alexander Dumas in context of Haiti and the French revolution vs the context of reading Alexander Dumas I just never thought of it.
  • whobre 1y ago
    The book has a pretty good description of how to escape prison…
    • Andrex 1y ago
      French prison, at that.
      • aitchnyu 1y ago
        Might as well go heavy duty and get Papillon.
  • rkomorn 1y ago
    Sure hope it's got nothing to do with literature because even I can read more than two books in five years.