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"The Black Count": an award-winning biography is this month's Oconee Book Club group
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From: oconee@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oconee@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pat Priest Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 2:14 PM To: Oconee County Democrats Subject: [oconee] "The Black Count": an award-winning biography
The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats is reading a swashbuckling book that won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography: "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo."
We'll discuss the book on Wednesday, January 29th, upstairs at Chops and Hops in Watkinsville, with the discussion starting right at 7. Many of us arrive around 6:30 to catch up and order dinner.
It's a wonderful group. Drop in sometime!
Pat Priest Member, Oconee Democrats
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Here's more about the book below:
"Reiss moves the story on at an entertaining pace . . . fascinating." -Wall Street Journal
"To tell this tale, Reiss must cover the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the rise of Napoleon toward Empire; he does all that with remarkable verve." -Boston Globe
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