New York: Pantheon, (2007). Hardcover first edition - For many years Bell, an award winning novelist, immersed himself in the history of the Haitian Revolution, and wrote a trilogy beginning with 'All Souls Rising' set during that era. This biography - the first in more than 50 years in English - brilliantly captures the Haitian leader's complex contradictions. Bell blends a novelists passion with deep historical research to portray an enigmatic genius navigating brutal politics, religion, and the only successful slave revolt. Notes, bibliography, index. Map endpapers. 333 pp. ISBN: 978-0375423376.