Finalist

Marlene L. Daut - The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe

Biography

Marlene L. Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University. She teaches courses in anglophone, francophone Caribbean, African American, and French Colonial and historical studies. She has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Essence and Harper’s Bazaar. She lives with her family in New Haven, Connecticut.

Book Summary

A dramatic biography of Henry Christophe, the most pivotal figure of the Haitian Revolution, who rose from enslavement to become Haiti’s first and only king. Daut’s work uncovers a story of Black freedom and self-determination that reverberated across the Atlantic world.