“I have heard of the name Henry Christophe but I certainly did not know there was a king of Haiti. The description reads like a tragedy play. Christophe is a contemporary and compatriot of Toussaint L’Overture during the Haitian revolution, but later fights alongside Napolean, and then takes his own life. I must know more about Christophe’s story!!!” — Raymond Williams, PhD, Ballasts for the Mind

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