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Marlene L. Daut
Five Essential Books For Understanding Haitian History
Cundill Prize Finalist Marlene L. Daut Recommends Baron de Vastey, Jean Casimir, Louis Joseph Janvier and More
By
Marlene L. Daut
| October 20, 2025
The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe
From Marlene L. Daut's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “The First and Last King of Haiti”
By
Marlene L. Daut
| September 22, 2025
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