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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 4 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.233s | source
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tasuki ◴[22 Oct 25 08:22 UTC] No.45666221[source]▶
> Sarkozy said he would take two books with him into prison, a life of Jesus by Jean-Christian Petitfils and the Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo is a good choice.

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byroot ◴[22 Oct 25 08:39 UTC] No.45666337[source]▶
It has nothing to do with literature.

It’s just a not so subtle way to claim he’s innocent and that he’ll get his revenge.

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1. sillyfluke ◴[22 Oct 25 12:14 UTC] No.45667883[source]▶
Amusingly, it's also inspired by the life of the writer's mixed race black father, who in the 1700s became the highest ranking black general in the west not to be surpassed until the American generals in the 1990s and supposedly attracted the jealousy of Napolean (See "The Black Count").

So there's something there for everyone I guess.

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3. ecshafer ◴[22 Oct 25 14:43 UTC] No.45669874[source]▶
This is one of those I should have known better moments. But I have never put together Alexander Dumas the author being related (son of) to Thomas-Alexander Dumas of Haiti/France despite them both being French, mix-race and overlapping in time. Learning about Thomas-Alexander Dumas in context of Haiti and the French revolution vs the context of reading Alexander Dumas I just never thought of it.
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