Evening star

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FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS.

This latest entry in the parade ol

historical novels tells the story of a

Scottish-born doctor and his part in

the bloody—and frequently great

pageant of the black nation oi

Haiti.

Duncan Stewart is a Scottish wail

who becomes a London medical stu

dent and a dandy and then flees,

leaving a faithless friend dead upon

λ tavern floor and leaving, also, the

fickle girl to whom he was engaged.

In Haiti his vow to treat all in

need of his services wins him the

gratitude and friend~'~ip of the

Negroes. Chief amo: them are

two men who started lue as salves:

Toussaint L'Ouverture, one-time

coachman who led the fight to free

the slaves, and Henry Christophe

waiter and hotel keeper, who be

came king.

In nlace of the Drim Marearet of

London there enters Phebe, a mu

latto of rare beauty and savage pas

sions and with a calculating eye

fixed on the luxuries she craves atid

the safety of her creamy skin.

An Amazing; Story.

The story of the revolt of the

slaves and their fight for freedom

is an amazing one. Brutal, yes, but

with a brutality matched by that of

the French leaders, Leclerc and

Rochambeau, sent by Napoleon to

reconquer the country.

The story has been told before bj

John W. Vandercook, whose "Black

Majesty" was published about 2(

years ago. Readers of Mr. Bourne'i

novel will be reminded of that

earlier, more compact and some

times more dramatic account but

without Mr. Bourne's romantic

embellishments.

Mr. Bourne draws a colorful pic

ture of King Henry holding courl

at his palace of Sans Souci, guarrîec

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1947). Washington, D.C., 1947-10-05. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1947-10-05/ed-1/?sp=52

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1947-10-05.