The First and Last King of Haiti  was featured in this Miami Times article about the ReadCaribbean series at the 2025 Miami Book Fair:

Two panels on Nov. 22 tackled the issues of family and cultural memory in the Caribbean. Marlene Daut, professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University, is the author of several books about Haitian history and culture. Her most recent publication, The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, explores not only the biography of Haiti’s only king but also the complex — and at times, surprising — politics of a 19th-century Caribbean monarchy. 

“People only know one side of Haiti,” said Daut. “They know the Haiti that they’ve read about or seen on the news, and it involves disaster and corruption and violence. Every person has multiple stories. Every country has multiple stories, more than could fit into a single volume. So why is it that Haiti should be trapped into that single narrative and single story?”

Read the whole article here: https://www.miamitimesonline.com/lifestyles/at-miami-book-fair-caribbean-authors-confront-colonialisms-legacy-and-chart-new-paths-forward/article_f8cf08a1-df65-407d-a6e2-1f0bac0796f6.html