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.
Die Haiti-Reihe Reihe
Diese historische Roman-Trilogie entführt die Leser in die stürmische Ära der Haitianischen Revolution. Begleiten Sie die Schicksale von Menschen, die gegen die koloniale Herrschaft für Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit kämpften. Die Erzählungen sind reich an Mut, Verrat und unbezwingbarem Geist in einem entscheidenden Moment der Weltgeschichte. Tauchen Sie ein in die dramatischen Ereignisse, die eine der ersten freien Nationen Amerikas prägten.
