On Saturday, October 25, at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Haitian Studies Assocation, The First and Last King of Haiti was awarded the HSA Book Prize! ...
In this LitHub article on essential reading for understanding Haitian history, I chose 5 books by Haitian authors. Spanning nearly the entirety of Haiti’s history, from the...
The Haitian journalist Roberson Alphonse published this great write-up of my August 14 book talk at the Haitian Embassy in Washington, D.C.: Marlene L. Daut’s Book Brings Henry...
"Unlike his mentor and fellow revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, King Henry Christophe has not been kindly treated by historians. Much of what was written about him in the...
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe: Jim Herlihy, host of The San Francisco Experience, talks with author Marlene Daut
On June 2, 1811, Henry Christophe and his wife Marie-Louise Coidavid were crowned the king and queen of Haiti. Little did they know, they would be Haiti's first and last....
The first work of theater devoted to the life of Henry Christophe was staged in 1821, only a year or so after Christophe took his own life. Since that...
The Haitian American scholar reveals her journey from a California upbringing deep into Haitian history, unearthing “Haitianists” along the way, meeting the complex “First and...
April 17th is the 200th anniversary of the indemnity "agreement" with France that was a condition for French recognition of Haitian independence. Over the next 122 years, Haiti...
Hosted on WTNH/ABC's Good Morning Connecticut, scholar Marlene L. Daut unravels the enigma that was Henry Christophe, the revolutionary, freedom-fighter, and only king of Haiti....
