Devil's Dream
A Novel About Nathan Bedford Forrest
Written by Madison Smartt Bell

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-42488-5 (0-375-42488-1)

From the author of All Souls’ Rising which The Washington Post called “A serious historical novel that reads like a dream,” comes a powerful new novel about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the most reviled, celebrated, and legendary, of Civil War generals.

With the same eloquence, dramatic energy, and grasp of history that... Read more >

Toussaint Louverture

Written by Madison Smartt Bell

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7935-3 (1-4000-7935-7)

In 1791, Saint Domingue was both the richest and cruelest colony in the Western Hemisphere; more than a third of African slaves died within a few years of their arrival there. Thirteen years later, Haitian rebels declared independence from France after the first—and only—successful slave revolution in history. Much of the... Read more >

Charm City
A Walk Through Baltimore
Written by Madison Smartt Bell

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-34206-5 (0-307-34206-9)

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Toussaint Louverture
A Biography
Written by Madison Smartt Bell

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: January 16, 2007
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42337-6 (0-375-42337-0)

In 1791, Saint Domingue was both the richest and cruelest colony in the Western Hemisphere; more than a third of African slaves died within a few years of their arrival there. Thirteen years later, Haitian rebels declared independence from France after the first--and only--successful slave revolution in history. Much of the... Read more >

The Stone that the Builder Refused

Written by Madison Smartt Bell

Format: Trade Paperback, 768 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7618-5 (1-4000-7618-8)

Following the widely acclaimed All Souls’ Rising and Master of the Crossroads, Madison Smartt Bell gives us the climactic final chapter in the life of Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the only successful slave revolution in history.

In 1791, what would become known as the Haitian Revolution began as a rebellion... Read more >

All Souls' Rising

Written by Madison Smartt Bell

Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7653-6 (1-4000-7653-6)

Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction

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... Read more >

Master of the Crossroads

Written by Madison Smartt Bell

Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7838-7 (1-4000-7838-5)

Continuing his epic trilogy of the Haitian slave uprising, Madison Smartt Bell’s Master of the Crossroads delivers a stunning portrayal of Toussaint Louverture,  former slave, military genius and liberator of Haiti, and his struggle against the great European powers to free his people in the only successful slave revolution in history. At the outset, Toussaint... Read more >

The Stone that the Builder Refused
A Novel
Written by Madison Smartt Bell

Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-42282-9 (0-375-42282-X)

Following the widely acclaimed All Souls’ Rising and Master of the Crossroads, Madison Smartt Bell gives us the climactic final chapter in the life of Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the only successful slave revolution in history.

In 1791, what would become known as the Haitian Revolution began as a rebellion... Read more >