The Black Count

<h4>Tom Reiss is an American author, historian, and journalist. He known as the author of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, which was honored with the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. His previous books include Führer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi and The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life, which became an international bestseller. As a journalist, he has written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.</h4>

Tom Reiss

Robert Zaretsky&nbsp;teaches in the Honors College at the University of Houston. His books include&nbsp;Nîmes at War: Religion, Politics, and Public Opinion in the Gard, 1938–1944 (1994),&nbsp;Cock and Bull Stories: Folco de Baroncelli and the Invention of the Camargue&nbsp;(2004), Albert Camus: Elements of a Life&nbsp;(2010), Boswell’s Enlightenment (2015),&nbsp;A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning&nbsp;(2013), and Catherine and Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment (2019). His new book,&nbsp;Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague, will be published in April 2022.

Robert Zaretsky

Letter to the Editor

Tom Reiss is an American author, historian, and journalist. He known as the author of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, which was honored with the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. His previous books include Führer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi and The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life, which became an international bestseller. As a journalist, he has written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.