“Erudite and elegant biography of a courageous leader which tells a gripping story with a message that resonates strongly in our own time.” – Wolfson History Prize judges on Black Spartacus
“This is an erudite and elegant biography with a message that resonates strongly in our own time”──大衛.康納汀(David Cannadine),英國歷史學家暨著名作家
“remarkable ... the sharpest portrait yet of Louverture ... Black Spartacus is a triumph. It takes a nearly impossibly complex history and weaves it into a compelling and accurate narrative that reads like fiction.” ──《金融時報》
“Black Spartacus is a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time...an extraordinarily gripping read.”──《衛報》