Solitude was a young black woman freed from slavery after the French Revolution. But when Napoleon tried to restore slavery on the island of Guadeloupe, while pregnant she joined and fought in the resistance. She was captured and executed the day after she gave birth. That’s basically all that is known, but this author repeats it ad nauseum to fill more than half the book. The second half is a little about the resistance; it lost. The book has immense potential but is sorely wasted. The author’s sources: the bulk are…wait for it…himself and other books he’s written. I’m very glad to learn about the existence of Solitude in our world history, but this is not the book to read if you want to learn anything more than I’ve already shared. ( )